#DAAB40#DAAB40

#DAAB40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.133 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAAB40
RGB	rgb(218, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, 6.51, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 59.56, 83.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% 0.0129 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.133 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4044, 44.4044, 11.0816)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAAB40 #406FDA

analogous

#DA5E40 #DAAB40 #BCDA40

triadic

#DAAB40 #40DAAB #AB40DA

tetradic

#DAAB40 #40DA5E #406FDA #DA40BC

square

#DAAB40 #40DA5E #406FDA #DA40BC

split-complementary

#DAAB40 #40BCDA #5E40DA

monochromatic

#86651A #B98B24 #DAAB40 #E4C273 #EED8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#DAAB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#DAAB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAAB40

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAAB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAAB40	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.133 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac37b',
    500: '#daab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daab40;
$custom-light: #eac37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.688,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76534,
    "c": 0.13288,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAAB40

secondary

#9BAEDB

accent

#72EA3D

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAAB40

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

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