#DAAD40#DAAD40

#DAAD40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.134 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAAD40
RGB	rgb(218, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, 5.45, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 59.97, 84.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% 0.0098 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.134 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7851, 45.1657, 11.2085)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAAD40 #406DDA

analogous

#DA6040 #DAAD40 #BADA40

triadic

#DAAD40 #40DAAD #AD40DA

tetradic

#DAAD40 #40DA60 #406DDA #DA40BA

square

#DAAD40 #40DA60 #406DDA #DA40BA

split-complementary

#DAAD40 #40BADA #6040DA

monochromatic

#86661A #B98D24 #DAAD40 #E4C373 #EED9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#DAAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#DAAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAAD40

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAAD40	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.134 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac57b',
    500: '#daad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daad40;
$custom-light: #eac57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.468,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76929,
    "c": 0.1337,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAAD40

secondary

#9BAEDB

accent

#70EA3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAAD40

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

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