#DF9C40#DF9C40

#DF9C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.132 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF9C40
RGB	rgb(223, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 16.67, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 58.57, 73.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0422 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.132 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2484, 39.8387, 10.2614)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF9C40 #4083DF

analogous

#DF4D40 #DF9C40 #D3DF40

triadic

#DF9C40 #40DF9C #9C40DF

tetradic

#DF9C40 #40DF4D #4083DF #DF40D3

square

#DF9C40 #40DF4D #4083DF #DF40D3

split-complementary

#DF9C40 #40D3DF #4D40DF

monochromatic

#8D5C18 #C17E20 #DF9C40 #E8B774 #F1D2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DF9C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#DF9C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF9C40

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF9C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF9C40	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df9c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.132 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb97a',
    500: '#df9c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df9c40;
$custom-light: #eeb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df9c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.717,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74194,
    "c": 0.13245,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF9C40

secondary

#9DB8DE

accent

#86EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF9C40

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

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