#DF8959#DF8959

#DF8959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.123 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF8959
RGB	rgb(223, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(21, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(21, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 28.34, 39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 48.45, 54.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0806 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.123 49)
XYZ	xyz(41.1832, 34.3045, 13.9018)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF8959 #59AFDF

analogous

#DF596C #DF8959 #DFCC59

triadic

#DF8959 #59DF89 #8959DF

tetradic

#DF8959 #6CDF59 #59AFDF #CC59DF

square

#DF8959 #6CDF59 #59AFDF #CC59DF

split-complementary

#DF8959 #59DFCC #596CDF

monochromatic

#9F4D1F #D26529 #DF8959 #E9AD8C #F3D2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DF8959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#DF8959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF8959

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF8959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF8959	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df8959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.123 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac89',
    500: '#df8959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df8959;
$custom-light: #edac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df8959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.493,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7106,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.34301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF8959

secondary

#B1D1E3

accent

#8DD016

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF8959

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

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