#DF8740#DF8740

#DF8740 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.137 H 56.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF8740
RGB	rgb(223, 135, 64)
HSL	hsl(27, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, 27.89, 51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 58.16, 61.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% 0.0754 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.137 56.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0241, 33.3902, 9.1866)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF8740 #4098DF

analogous

#DF4049 #DF8740 #DFD640

triadic

#DF8740 #40DF87 #8740DF

tetradic

#DF8740 #49DF40 #4098DF #D640DF

square

#DF8740 #49DF40 #4098DF #D640DF

split-complementary

#DF8740 #40DFD6 #4049DF

monochromatic

#8D4C18 #C16820 #DF8740 #E8A874 #F1C9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#DF8740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#DF8740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF8740

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF8740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF8740	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F37478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df8740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 135, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.137 56.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efaa78',
    500: '#df8740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df8740;
$custom-light: #efaa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df8740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.792,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70408,
    "c": 0.13724,
    "h": 56.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF8740

secondary

#9DC1DE

accent

#9EEE3A

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF8740

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

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