#DF8540#DF8540

#DF8540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.138 H 55.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF8540
RGB	rgb(223, 133, 64)
HSL	hsl(26, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(26, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.4%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, 28.95, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 58.26, 60.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.0786 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.138 55.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7476, 32.8373, 9.0945)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF8540 #409ADF

analogous

#DF404B #DF8540 #DFD540

triadic

#DF8540 #40DF85 #8540DF

tetradic

#DF8540 #4BDF40 #409ADF #D540DF

square

#DF8540 #4BDF40 #409ADF #D540DF

split-complementary

#DF8540 #40DFD5 #404BDF

monochromatic

#8D4B18 #C16620 #DF8540 #E8A674 #F1C8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#DF8540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#DF8540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF8540

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF8540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF8540	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F37276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df8540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 133, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.138 55.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efa978',
    500: '#df8540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df8540;
$custom-light: #efa978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df8540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.038,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70063,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 55.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF8540

secondary

#9DC2DE

accent

#A0EE3A

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF8540

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

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