HEX atlas value

#DAA520

#DAA520 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Goldenrod. RGB 218, 165, 32, HSL 43° 74% 49%, luminance 0.4192; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm vibrant

#DAA520 Sample readable text

HEX #DAA520

RGB rgb(218, 165, 32)

HSL hsl(43 74% 49%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 24, 85, 15)

Luminance 0.4192

Contrast Black 9.38:1White 2.24:1

CSS

--color-daa520: #DAA520;
.background-daa520 { background-color: #DAA520; }
.text-daa520 { color: #DAA520; }

HEX meaning and use

About #DAA520

#DAA520 is classified as a warm orange value with vibrant visual character. #DAA520 is visually closest to Goldenrod, a named orange color with HEX #DAA520.

The RGB channels are 218, 165, and 32, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 43deg with 74% saturation and 49% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.4192, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text9.38:1AA Pass

White text2.24:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #DAA520 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000009.38:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.24:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#B1D920#B1D920 · #000000 text · best 12.82:1 #E9C66D#E9C66D · #000000 text · best 12.76:1 #F5B105#F5B105 · #000000 text · best 11.17:1 Old Gold#CFB53B · #000000 text · best 10.33:1 Mustard Yellow#E1AD01 · #000000 text · best 10.18:1

Generated Palette

Goldenrod#DAA520

#2055D9#2055D9

#D94920#D94920

#B1D920#B1D920

#E9C66D#E9C66D

#8A6815#8A6815

Color Harmonies

#2055D9#2055D9

#D94920#D94920

#B1D920#B1D920

#20D9A5#20D9A5

#A520D9#A520D9

Variants

#E9C66D#E9C66D

#8A6815#8A6815

#F5B105#F5B105

#BE993C#BE993C

#E4CE96#E4CE96

#FFC124#FFC124

Nearest Named Colors

Goldenrod#DAA520

Marigold#EAA221

Mustard Yellow#E1AD01

Old Gold#CFB53B

Butterscotch#E3963E

Luminance0.4192

Black text9.38:1AA Pass

White text2.24:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#DAA520","rgb":[218,165,32],"hsl":[43,74,49],"cmyk":[0,24,85,15],"luminance":0.4192,"contrast":{"black":9.38,"white":2.24}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":9.38,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.24,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#B1D920","hex":"#B1D920","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.82,"contrastWhite":1.64,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#E9C66D","hex":"#E9C66D","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.76,"contrastWhite":1.65,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#F5B105","hex":"#F5B105","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.17,"contrastWhite":1.88,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Old Gold","hex":"#CFB53B","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.33,"contrastWhite":2.03,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Mustard Yellow","hex":"#E1AD01","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.18,"contrastWhite":2.06,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","vibrant","vibrant orange","Goldenrod adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/daa520.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/goldenrod.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/marigold.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mustard-yellow.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#2055D9","analogous":["#D94920","#B1D920"],"triadic":["#20D9A5","#A520D9"],"tetradic":["#20D949","#2055D9","#D920B1"],"splitComplementary":["#20B1D9","#4920D9"],"monochromatic":["#E9C66D","#DAA520","#8A6815"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E9C66D","dark":"#8A6815","saturated":"#F5B105","desaturated":"#BE993C","pastel":"#E4CE96","neon":"#FFC124"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"goldenrod","name":"Goldenrod","hex":"#DAA520","distance":0},{"slug":"marigold","name":"Marigold","hex":"#EAA221","distance":16.30950643030009},{"slug":"mustard-yellow","name":"Mustard Yellow","hex":"#E1AD01","distance":32.77193921634788},{"slug":"old-gold","name":"Old Gold","hex":"#CFB53B","distance":33.25657829663178},{"slug":"butterscotch","name":"Butterscotch","hex":"#E3963E","distance":34.72751070837067}]

#DAA520

CSS

About #DAA520

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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