#DAAA42#DAAA42

#DAAA42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.131 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAAA42
RGB	rgb(218, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, 7.15, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 58.56, 82.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.015 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.131 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2742, 44.0513, 11.3240)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAAA42 #4272DA

analogous

#DA5E42 #DAAA42 #BEDA42

triadic

#DAAA42 #42DAAA #AA42DA

tetradic

#DAAA42 #42DA5E #4272DA #DA42BE

square

#DAAA42 #42DA5E #4272DA #DA42BE

split-complementary

#DAAA42 #42BEDA #5E42DA

monochromatic

#87651A #BA8B24 #DAAA42 #E4C175 #EED8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DAAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#DAAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAAA42

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAAA42	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.131 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac37c',
    500: '#daaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daaa42;
$custom-light: #eac37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76354,
    "c": 0.13118,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAAA42

secondary

#9CB0DB

accent

#74EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAAA42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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