#DAAD55#DAAD55

#DAAD55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.118 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAAD55
RGB	rgb(218, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 61%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, 6.70, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 50.99, 82.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% 0.0161 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.118 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.4991, 45.4513, 14.9691)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAAD55 #5582DA

analogous

#DA6B55 #DAAD55 #C5DA55

triadic

#DAAD55 #55DAAD #AD55DA

tetradic

#DAAD55 #55DA6B #5582DA #DA55C5

square

#DAAD55 #55DA6B #5582DA #DA55C5

split-complementary

#DAAD55 #55C5DA #6B55DA

monochromatic

#946D20 #C7922B #DAAD55 #E5C587 #F0DDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DAAD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#DAAD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAAD55

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAAD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAAD55	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daad55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.118 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c588',
    500: '#daad55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daad55;
$custom-light: #e9c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daad55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.699,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77136,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAAD55

secondary

#ABBDDF

accent

#79E741

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAAD55

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

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