#DFA042#DFA042

#DFA042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.131 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFA042
RGB	rgb(223, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, 14.63, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 58.16, 75.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% 0.0365 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.131 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9886, 41.2265, 10.7939)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFA042 #4281DF

analogous

#DF5242 #DFA042 #CFDF42

triadic

#DFA042 #42DFA0 #A042DF

tetradic

#DFA042 #42DF52 #4281DF #DF42CF

square

#DFA042 #42DF52 #4281DF #DF42CF

split-complementary

#DFA042 #42CFDF #5242DF

monochromatic

#8E5F18 #C38221 #DFA042 #E8BA76 #F1D5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#DFA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#DFA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFA042

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFA042	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)

#B7A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfa042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.131 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eebc7b',
    500: '#dfa042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfa042;
$custom-light: #eebc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfa042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.924,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74964,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFA042

secondary

#9EB8DF

accent

#82EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFA042

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

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