#DF8956#DF8956

#DF8956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.125 H 50.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF8956
RGB	rgb(223, 137, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 28.13, 40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 49.58, 55.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% 0.0795 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.125 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0598, 34.2551, 13.2518)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF8956 #56ACDF

analogous

#DF5667 #DF8956 #DFCE56

triadic

#DF8956 #56DF89 #8956DF

tetradic

#DF8956 #67DF56 #56ACDF #CE56DF

square

#DF8956 #67DF56 #56ACDF #CE56DF

split-complementary

#DF8956 #56DFCE #5667DF

monochromatic

#9D4D1E #D06627 #DF8956 #E9AD89 #F2D1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#DF8956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#DF8956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF8956

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF8956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF8956	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2787D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df8956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 137, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.125 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeac87',
    500: '#df8956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df8956;
$custom-light: #eeac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df8956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.336,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71017,
    "c": 0.12462,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF8956

secondary

#AECFE2

accent

#8BD015

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF8956

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

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