#DF8440#DF8440

#DF8440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.139 H 54.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF8440
RGB	rgb(223, 132, 64)
HSL	hsl(26, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(26, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, 29.48, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 58.32, 59.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% 0.0802 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.139 54.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6114, 32.5648, 9.0491)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF8440 #409BDF

analogous

#DF404C #DF8440 #DFD340

triadic

#DF8440 #40DF84 #8440DF

tetradic

#DF8440 #4CDF40 #409BDF #D340DF

square

#DF8440 #4CDF40 #409BDF #D340DF

split-complementary

#DF8440 #40DFD3 #404CDF

monochromatic

#8D4A18 #C16520 #DF8440 #E8A674 #F1C8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#DF8440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#DF8440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF8440

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF8440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF8440	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F37175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df8440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 132, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.139 54.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efa878',
    500: '#df8440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df8440;
$custom-light: #efa878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df8440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.66,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69892,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 54.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF8440

secondary

#9DC2DE

accent

#A1EE3A

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#180F09

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF8440

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

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