#DAAE51#DAAE51

#DAAE51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.122 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAAE51
RGB	rgb(218, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, 5.90, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 52.99, 83.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% 0.0133 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.122 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5371, 45.7745, 14.2199)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAAE51 #517DDA

analogous

#DA6951 #DAAE51 #C1DA51

triadic

#DAAE51 #51DAAE #AE51DA

tetradic

#DAAE51 #51DA69 #517DDA #DA51C1

square

#DAAE51 #51DA69 #517DDA #DA51C1

split-complementary

#DAAE51 #51C1DA #6951DA

monochromatic

#926D1F #C4932A #DAAE51 #E5C583 #EFDDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DAAE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#DAAE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAAE51

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAAE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAAE51	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.122 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c585',
    500: '#daae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daae51;
$custom-light: #e9c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.73,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77289,
    "c": 0.12181,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAAE51

secondary

#A8BADE

accent

#76E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAAE51

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

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