#DFA038#DFA038

#DFA038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.137 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFA038
RGB	rgb(223, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 74.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, 14.16, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 62.05, 76.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% 0.0338 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.137 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7191, 41.1187, 9.3748)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFA038 #3877DF

analogous

#DF4D38 #DFA038 #CBDF38

triadic

#DFA038 #38DFA0 #A038DF

tetradic

#DFA038 #38DF4D #3877DF #DF38CB

square

#DFA038 #38DF4D #3877DF #DF38CB

split-complementary

#DFA038 #38CBDF #4D38DF

monochromatic

#875C16 #BC801E #DFA038 #E7B96D #F0D2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#DFA038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#DFA038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFA038

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFA038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFA038	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfa038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.137 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eebb75',
    500: '#dfa038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfa038;
$custom-light: #eebb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfa038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.365,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74881,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFA038

secondary

#96B1DD

accent

#7EEF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFA038

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

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