#DF9856#DF9856

#DF9856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.119 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF9856
RGB	rgb(223, 152, 86)
HSL	hsl(29, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 20.11, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 49.22, 65.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0555 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.119 62.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3422, 38.8200, 14.0126)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF9856 #569DDF

analogous

#DF5658 #DF9856 #DFDC56

triadic

#DF9856 #56DF98 #9856DF

tetradic

#DF9856 #58DF56 #569DDF #DC56DF

square

#DF9856 #58DF56 #569DDF #DC56DF

split-complementary

#DF9856 #56DFDC #5658DF

monochromatic

#9D5B1E #D07927 #DF9856 #E9B789 #F2D7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DF9856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#DF9856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF9856

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF9856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF9856	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df9856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 152, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.119 62.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb687',
    500: '#df9856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df9856;
$custom-light: #edb687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df9856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.905,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73693,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 62.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF9856

secondary

#AEC9E2

accent

#76D015

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF9856

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

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