#DF9840#DF9840

#DF9840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.133 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF9840
RGB	rgb(223, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 18.81, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 58.28, 71.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.0485 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.133 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5882, 38.5184, 10.0413)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF9840 #4087DF

analogous

#DF4940 #DF9840 #D6DF40

triadic

#DF9840 #40DF98 #9840DF

tetradic

#DF9840 #40DF49 #4087DF #DF40D6

square

#DF9840 #40DF49 #4087DF #DF40D6

split-complementary

#DF9840 #40D6DF #4940DF

monochromatic

#8D5918 #C17A20 #DF9840 #E8B474 #F1D1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DF9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#DF9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF9840

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF9840	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.133 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb679',
    500: '#df9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df9840;
$custom-light: #eeb679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.208,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73451,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF9840

secondary

#9DBADE

accent

#8AEE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF9840

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

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