#DF9957#DF9957

#DF9957 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.118 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF9957
RGB	rgb(223, 153, 87)
HSL	hsl(29, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 19.64, 44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 48.83, 66.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0542 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.118 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5458, 39.1622, 14.2806)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF9957 #579DDF

analogous

#DF5759 #DF9957 #DFDD57

triadic

#DF9957 #57DF99 #9957DF

tetradic

#DF9957 #59DF57 #579DDF #DD57DF

square

#DF9957 #59DF57 #579DDF #DD57DF

split-complementary

#DF9957 #57DFDD #5759DF

monochromatic

#9E5C1E #D17A28 #DF9957 #E9B88A #F3D7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DF9957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#DF9957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF9957

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF9957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF9957	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df9957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 153, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.118 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb788',
    500: '#df9957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df9957;
$custom-light: #edb788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df9957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.118,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73889,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF9957

secondary

#AFCAE3

accent

#75D016

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF9957

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

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