#DAAE40#DAAE40

#DAAE40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.134 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAAE40
RGB	rgb(218, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, 4.92, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 60.17, 85.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% 0.0083 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.134 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9775, 45.5507, 11.2727)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAAE40 #406CDA

analogous

#DA6140 #DAAE40 #B9DA40

triadic

#DAAE40 #40DAAE #AE40DA

tetradic

#DAAE40 #40DA61 #406CDA #DA40B9

square

#DAAE40 #40DA61 #406CDA #DA40B9

split-complementary

#DAAE40 #40B9DA #6140DA

monochromatic

#86671A #B98E24 #DAAE40 #E4C473 #EED9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DAAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#DAAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAAE40

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAAE40	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.134 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac57b',
    500: '#daae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daae40;
$custom-light: #eac57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77127,
    "c": 0.13414,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAAE40

secondary

#9BADDB

accent

#6FEA3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAAE40

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

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