#DAAD51#DAAD51

#DAAD51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.121 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAAD51
RGB	rgb(218, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, 6.43, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 52.78, 83.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% 0.0148 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.121 83)
XYZ	xyz(45.3447, 45.3896, 14.1557)
Luminance	0.4539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAAD51 #517EDA

analogous

#DA6851 #DAAD51 #C2DA51

triadic

#DAAD51 #51DAAD #AD51DA

tetradic

#DAAD51 #51DA68 #517EDA #DA51C2

square

#DAAD51 #51DA68 #517EDA #DA51C2

split-complementary

#DAAD51 #51C2DA #6851DA

monochromatic

#926C1F #C4912A #DAAD51 #E5C583 #EFDDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DAAD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#DAAD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAAD51

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAAD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAAD51	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daad51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.121 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c585',
    500: '#daad51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daad51;
$custom-light: #e9c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daad51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.292,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77092,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.45387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAAD51

secondary

#A8BADE

accent

#77E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAAD51

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

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