#DAAE55#DAAE55

#DAAE55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.119 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAAE55
RGB	rgb(218, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 61%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, 6.17, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 51.21, 83.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% 0.0146 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.119 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6916, 45.8363, 15.0332)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAAE55 #5581DA

analogous

#DA6C55 #DAAE55 #C4DA55

triadic

#DAAE55 #55DAAE #AE55DA

tetradic

#DAAE55 #55DA6C #5581DA #DA55C4

square

#DAAE55 #55DA6C #5581DA #DA55C4

split-complementary

#DAAE55 #55C4DA #6C55DA

monochromatic

#946E20 #C7932B #DAAE55 #E5C687 #F0DEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DAAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#DAAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAAE55

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAAE55	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.119 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c588',
    500: '#daae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daae55;
$custom-light: #e9c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.15,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77334,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAAE55

secondary

#ABBDDF

accent

#78E741

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAAE55

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

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