#DF9C37#DF9C37

#DF9C37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.138 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF9C37
RGB	rgb(223, 156, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 75.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 16.26, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 62.03, 74.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.0398 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.138 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0126, 39.7444, 9.0198)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF9C37 #377ADF

analogous

#DF4837 #DF9C37 #CEDF37

triadic

#DF9C37 #37DF9C #9C37DF

tetradic

#DF9C37 #37DF48 #377ADF #DF37CE

square

#DF9C37 #37DF48 #377ADF #DF37CE

split-complementary

#DF9C37 #37CEDF #4837DF

monochromatic

#865915 #BB7C1E #DF9C37 #E7B66C #F0D0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DF9C37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#DF9C37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF9C37

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF9C37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF9C37	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df9c37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 156, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.138 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb974',
    500: '#df9c37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df9c37;
$custom-light: #eeb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df9c37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.071,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7412,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF9C37

secondary

#95B2DC

accent

#81EF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF9C37

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

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