#DFA251#DFA251

#DFA251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.121 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFA251
RGB	rgb(223, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(34, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, 14.42, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 52.10, 73.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% 0.0379 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.121 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8397, 42.1262, 13.5525)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFA251 #518EDF

analogous

#DF5B51 #DFA251 #D5DF51

triadic

#DFA251 #51DFA2 #A251DF

tetradic

#DFA251 #51DF5B #518EDF #DF51D5

square

#DFA251 #51DF5B #518EDF #DF51D5

split-complementary

#DFA251 #51D5DF #5B51DF

monochromatic

#99641C #CD8526 #DFA251 #E9BE85 #F2D9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#DFA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#DFA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFA251

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFA251	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F29390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfa251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.121 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbd85',
    500: '#dfa251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfa251;
$custom-light: #edbd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfa251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.225,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75495,
    "c": 0.12143,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFA251

secondary

#AAC2E1

accent

#88EC3C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFA251

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

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