#daa521
a balanced, vivid yellow · warm · closest name: orange
RGB
218, 165, 33
HSL
43°, 74%, 49%
CMYK
0, 24, 85, 15
Luminance
0.4193
Every format
| HEX | #daa521 |
| RGB | rgb(218, 165, 33) |
| HSL | hsl(43, 74%, 49%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 24%, 85%, 15%) |
| LAB | lab(70.8 8.6 68.5) |
| LCH | lch(70.8 69.0 82.9) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.752 0.147 83.9) |
Copy-ready code
/* CSS */
color: #daa521;
background-color: #daa521;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#daa521] bg-[#daa521]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #daa521;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.855, green: 0.647, blue: 0.129)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#daa521")Accessibility — WCAG contrast
Aa
#daa521 on white: 2.24:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large ✗ · AAA ✗
Aa
#daa521 on black: 9.39:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large ✓ · AAA ✓
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
RGB percentages
Red85.5%
Green64.7%
Blue12.9%
CMYK percentages
Cyan0.0%
Magenta24.3%
Yellow84.9%
Key (black)14.5%
Color previews
#daa521 text on a black background
contrast 9.39:1
Card sample
#daa521 text on a white background
contrast 2.24:1
Card sample
CSS3 live lab
Text font color
The quick brown fox
color: #daa521;
Background color
Panel with #daa521 background
background-color: #daa521;
Text shadow — hex
Glowing headline
text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #daa521;
Text shadow — RGB
Soft neon halo
text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(218, 165, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(218, 165, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #daa521; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daa521, #94DA21);