#DAAE59#DAAE59

#DAAE59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.115 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAAE59
RGB	rgb(218, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, 6.45, 48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 49.40, 82.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% 0.0159 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.115 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8550, 45.9016, 15.8939)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAAE59 #5985DA

analogous

#DA6D59 #DAAE59 #C5DA59

triadic

#DAAE59 #59DAAE #AE59DA

tetradic

#DAAE59 #59DA6D #5985DA #DA59C5

square

#DAAE59 #59DA6D #5985DA #DA59C5

split-complementary

#DAAE59 #59C5DA #6D59DA

monochromatic

#976F22 #C9942D #DAAE59 #E5C68B #F0DFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DAAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#DAAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAAE59

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAAE59	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.115 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c68a',
    500: '#daae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daae59;
$custom-light: #e9c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.535,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77381,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAAE59

secondary

#AFC0E0

accent

#57CB1A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAAE59

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

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