#DF9937#DF9937

#DF9937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.138 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF9937
RGB	rgb(223, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 75.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 17.86, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 61.80, 73.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0445 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.138 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5154, 38.7500, 8.8541)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF9937 #377DDF

analogous

#DF4537 #DF9937 #D1DF37

triadic

#DF9937 #37DF99 #9937DF

tetradic

#DF9937 #37DF45 #377DDF #DF37D1

square

#DF9937 #37DF45 #377DDF #DF37D1

split-complementary

#DF9937 #37D1DF #4537DF

monochromatic

#865715 #BB791E #DF9937 #E7B46C #F0CFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DF9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#DF9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF9937

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF9937	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.138 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb774',
    500: '#df9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df9937;
$custom-light: #eeb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73561,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF9937

secondary

#95B3DC

accent

#85EF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181109

muted

#86807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF9937

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

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