#DF9E3A#DF9E3A

#DF9E3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.136 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF9E3A
RGB	rgb(223, 158, 58)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 74%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 15.32, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 61.09, 75.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0374 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.136 74)
XYZ	xyz(43.4251, 40.4508, 9.5229)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF9E3A #3A7BDF

analogous

#DF4C3A #DF9E3A #CDDF3A

triadic

#DF9E3A #3ADF9E #9E3ADF

tetradic

#DF9E3A #3ADF4C #3A7BDF #DF3ACD

square

#DF9E3A #3ADF4C #3A7BDF #DF3ACD

split-complementary

#DF9E3A #3ACDDF #4C3ADF

monochromatic

#885B16 #BD7F1F #DF9E3A #E8B86F #F0D2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DF9E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#DF9E3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF9E3A

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF9E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF9E3A	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)

#B5A12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df9e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 158, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.136 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeba76',
    500: '#df9e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df9e3a;
$custom-light: #eeba76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df9e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 72.052,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74519,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.40447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF9E3A

secondary

#98B3DD

accent

#81EF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF9E3A

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

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