#DF9D38#DF9D38

#DF9D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.137 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF9D38
RGB	rgb(223, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 74.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, 15.76, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 61.75, 75.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.0385 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.137 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2053, 40.0911, 9.2035)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF9D38 #387ADF

analogous

#DF4938 #DF9D38 #CEDF38

triadic

#DF9D38 #38DF9D #9D38DF

tetradic

#DF9D38 #38DF49 #387ADF #DF38CE

square

#DF9D38 #38DF49 #387ADF #DF38CE

split-complementary

#DF9D38 #38CEDF #4938DF

monochromatic

#875A16 #BC7D1E #DF9D38 #E7B76D #F0D1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DF9D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#DF9D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF9D38

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF9D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF9D38	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df9d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.137 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb975',
    500: '#df9d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df9d38;
$custom-light: #eeb975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df9d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.287,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74315,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF9D38

secondary

#96B2DD

accent

#81EF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF9D38

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

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