#DFA22B#DFA22B

#DFA22B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.144 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFA22B
RGB	rgb(223, 162, 43)
HSL	hsl(40, 74%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 81%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 80.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, 12.61, 65.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 66.76, 79.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0279 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.144 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7909, 41.7066, 8.0289)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFA22B #2B68DF

analogous

#DF482B #DFA22B #C2DF2B

triadic

#DFA22B #2BDFA2 #A22BDF

tetradic

#DFA22B #2BDF48 #2B68DF #DF2BC2

square

#DFA22B #2BDF48 #2B68DF #DF2BC2

split-complementary

#DFA22B #2BC2DF #482BDF

monochromatic

#7D5913 #B27F1B #DFA22B #E7B960 #EFD195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#DFA22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#DFA22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFA22B

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFA22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFA22B	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfa22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 162, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.144 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbd6f',
    500: '#dfa22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfa22b;
$custom-light: #efbd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfa22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.667,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75176,
    "c": 0.14395,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFA22B

secondary

#8CA6DA

accent

#76F037

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181208

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFA22B

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

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