#DFA242#DFA242

#DFA242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.132 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFA242
RGB	rgb(223, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, 13.56, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 58.39, 76.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% 0.0333 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.132 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.3381, 41.9255, 10.9104)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFA242 #427FDF

analogous

#DF5442 #DFA242 #CEDF42

triadic

#DFA242 #42DFA2 #A242DF

tetradic

#DFA242 #42DF54 #427FDF #DF42CE

square

#DFA242 #42DF54 #427FDF #DF42CE

split-complementary

#DFA242 #42CEDF #5442DF

monochromatic

#8E6018 #C38421 #DFA242 #E8BC76 #F1D6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DFA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#DFA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFA242

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFA242	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfa242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.132 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eebd7b',
    500: '#dfa242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfa242;
$custom-light: #eebd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfa242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.688,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75343,
    "c": 0.13159,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFA242

secondary

#9EB7DF

accent

#80EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFA242

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

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