#DAAB59#DAAB59

#DAAB59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.114 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAAB59
RGB	rgb(218, 171, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, 8.05, 48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 48.77, 80.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% 0.0206 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.114 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2819, 44.7554, 15.7029)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAAB59 #5988DA

analogous

#DA6B59 #DAAB59 #C8DA59

triadic

#DAAB59 #59DAAB #AB59DA

tetradic

#DAAB59 #59DA6B #5988DA #DA59C8

square

#DAAB59 #59DA6B #5988DA #DA59C8

split-complementary

#DAAB59 #59C8DA #6B59DA

monochromatic

#976C22 #C9902D #DAAB59 #E5C48B #F0DEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DAAB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#DAAB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAAB59

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAAB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAAB59	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daab59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 171, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.114 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c38a',
    500: '#daab59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daab59;
$custom-light: #e9c38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daab59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.14,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76791,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAAB59

secondary

#AFC1E0

accent

#5BCB1A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAAB59

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

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