#DAAD56#DAAD56

#DAAD56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.117 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAAD56
RGB	rgb(218, 173, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, 6.77, 50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 50.54, 82.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% 0.0165 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.117 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5391, 45.4673, 15.1798)
Luminance	0.4546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAAD56 #5683DA

analogous

#DA6B56 #DAAD56 #C5DA56

triadic

#DAAD56 #56DAAD #AD56DA

tetradic

#DAAD56 #56DA6B #5683DA #DA56C5

square

#DAAD56 #56DA6B #5683DA #DA56C5

split-complementary

#DAAD56 #56C5DA #6B56DA

monochromatic

#956D21 #C7922C #DAAD56 #E5C588 #F0DEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DAAD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#DAAD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAAD56

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAAD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAAD56	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)

#C0AD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daad56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 173, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.117 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c588',
    500: '#daad56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daad56;
$custom-light: #e9c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daad56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.545,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77148,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAAD56

secondary

#ACBEE0

accent

#79E741

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAAD56

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

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