#DF9940#DF9940

#DF9940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.133 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF9940
RGB	rgb(223, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 18.27, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 58.34, 71.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% 0.0469 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.133 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7512, 38.8443, 10.0956)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF9940 #4086DF

analogous

#DF4A40 #DF9940 #D5DF40

triadic

#DF9940 #40DF99 #9940DF

tetradic

#DF9940 #40DF4A #4086DF #DF40D5

square

#DF9940 #40DF4A #4086DF #DF40D5

split-complementary

#DF9940 #40D5DF #4A40DF

monochromatic

#8D5918 #C17B20 #DF9940 #E8B574 #F1D1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DF9940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#DF9940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF9940

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF9940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF9940	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df9940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.133 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb779',
    500: '#df9940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df9940;
$custom-light: #eeb779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df9940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.585,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73636,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF9940

secondary

#9DB9DE

accent

#89EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF9940

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

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