#DAAE56#DAAE56

#DAAE56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.118 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAAE56
RGB	rgb(218, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, 6.24, 50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 50.76, 82.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% 0.0149 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.118 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7316, 45.8523, 15.2439)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAAE56 #5682DA

analogous

#DA6C56 #DAAE56 #C4DA56

triadic

#DAAE56 #56DAAE #AE56DA

tetradic

#DAAE56 #56DA6C #5682DA #DA56C4

square

#DAAE56 #56DA6C #5682DA #DA56C4

split-complementary

#DAAE56 #56C4DA #6C56DA

monochromatic

#956E21 #C7932C #DAAE56 #E5C688 #F0DEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DAAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#DAAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAAE56

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAAE56	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	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)

#C1AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.118 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c588',
    500: '#daae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daae56;
$custom-light: #e9c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77345,
    "c": 0.11776,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAAE56

secondary

#ACBDE0

accent

#78E741

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAAE56

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

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