#DF9F38#DF9F38

#DF9F38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.137 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF9F38
RGB	rgb(223, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 74.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 14.69, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 61.94, 76.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% 0.0354 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.137 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.5465, 40.7734, 9.3172)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF9F38 #3878DF

analogous

#DF4C38 #DF9F38 #CBDF38

triadic

#DF9F38 #38DF9F #9F38DF

tetradic

#DF9F38 #38DF4C #3878DF #DF38CB

square

#DF9F38 #38DF4C #3878DF #DF38CB

split-complementary

#DF9F38 #38CBDF #4C38DF

monochromatic

#875C16 #BC7F1E #DF9F38 #E7B86D #F0D2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DF9F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#DF9F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DF9F38

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF9F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF9F38	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df9f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.137 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eebb75',
    500: '#df9f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df9f38;
$custom-light: #eebb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df9f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.006,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74692,
    "c": 0.13716,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF9F38

secondary

#96B1DD

accent

#7FEF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF9F38

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

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