#DAAE42#DAAE42

#DAAE42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.133 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAAE42
RGB	rgb(218, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, 5.02, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 59.37, 85.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% 0.0088 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.133 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0355, 45.5738, 11.5778)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAAE42 #426EDA

analogous

#DA6242 #DAAE42 #BADA42

triadic

#DAAE42 #42DAAE #AE42DA

tetradic

#DAAE42 #42DA62 #426EDA #DA42BA

square

#DAAE42 #42DA62 #426EDA #DA42BA

split-complementary

#DAAE42 #42BADA #6242DA

monochromatic

#87681A #BA8F24 #DAAE42 #E4C475 #EEDAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DAAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#DAAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAAE42

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAAE42	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)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.133 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac57c',
    500: '#daae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daae42;
$custom-light: #eac57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.632,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77144,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAAE42

secondary

#9CAFDB

accent

#70EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAAE42

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

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