#DFA040#DFA040

#DFA040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.133 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFA040
RGB	rgb(223, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, 14.53, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 58.96, 75.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% 0.0359 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.133 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9306, 41.2033, 10.4888)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFA040 #407FDF

analogous

#DF5140 #DFA040 #CFDF40

triadic

#DFA040 #40DFA0 #A040DF

tetradic

#DFA040 #40DF51 #407FDF #DF40CF

square

#DFA040 #40DF51 #407FDF #DF40CF

split-complementary

#DFA040 #40CFDF #5140DF

monochromatic

#8D5E18 #C18220 #DFA040 #E8BA74 #F1D4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#DFA040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#DFA040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFA040

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFA040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFA040	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfa040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.133 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eebc7a',
    500: '#dfa040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfa040;
$custom-light: #eebc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfa040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.226,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74946,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFA040

secondary

#9DB7DE

accent

#81EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFA040

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

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