#DAAD59#DAAD59

#DAAD59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.115 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAAD59
RGB	rgb(218, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(39, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, 6.99, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 49.18, 81.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% 0.0175 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.115 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6625, 45.5167, 15.8298)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAAD59 #5986DA

analogous

#DA6D59 #DAAD59 #C6DA59

triadic

#DAAD59 #59DAAD #AD59DA

tetradic

#DAAD59 #59DA6D #5986DA #DA59C6

square

#DAAD59 #59DA6D #5986DA #DA59C6

split-complementary

#DAAD59 #59C6DA #6D59DA

monochromatic

#976E22 #C9932D #DAAD59 #E5C68B #F0DEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DAAD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#DAAD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAAD59

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAAD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAAD59	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daad59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.115 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c58a',
    500: '#daad59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daad59;
$custom-light: #e9c58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daad59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.07,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77184,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAAD59

secondary

#AFC0E0

accent

#58CB1A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAAD59

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

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