#DF9E38#DF9E38

#DF9E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.137 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF9E38
RGB	rgb(223, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 74.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 15.23, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 61.84, 75.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0369 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.137 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3752, 40.4309, 9.2601)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF9E38 #3879DF

analogous

#DF4B38 #DF9E38 #CCDF38

triadic

#DF9E38 #38DF9E #9E38DF

tetradic

#DF9E38 #38DF4B #3879DF #DF38CC

square

#DF9E38 #38DF4B #3879DF #DF38CC

split-complementary

#DF9E38 #38CCDF #4B38DF

monochromatic

#875B16 #BC7E1E #DF9E38 #E7B86D #F0D1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DF9E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#DF9E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF9E38

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF9E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF9E38	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df9e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.137 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeba75',
    500: '#df9e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df9e38;
$custom-light: #eeba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df9e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.647,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74503,
    "c": 0.13708,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF9E38

secondary

#96B2DD

accent

#80EF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF9E38

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

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