#DFA42C#DFA42C

#DFA42C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.144 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFA42C
RGB	rgb(223, 164, 44)
HSL	hsl(40, 74%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 80%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 80.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, 11.57, 65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 66.68, 80.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% 0.025 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.144 80)
XYZ	xyz(44.1646, 42.4243, 8.2450)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFA42C #2C67DF

analogous

#DF4A2C #DFA42C #C1DF2C

triadic

#DFA42C #2CDFA4 #A42CDF

tetradic

#DFA42C #2CDF4A #2C67DF #DF2CC1

square

#DFA42C #2CDF4A #2C67DF #DF2CC1

split-complementary

#DFA42C #2CC1DF #4A2CDF

monochromatic

#7E5A13 #B3811B #DFA42C #E7BB61 #EFD296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DFA42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#DFA42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFA42C

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFA42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFA42C	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfa42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 164, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.144 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eebe70',
    500: '#dfa42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfa42c;
$custom-light: #eebe70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfa42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.223,
    "s": 73.663,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75565,
    "c": 0.14387,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.42421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFA42C

secondary

#8CA6DA

accent

#74F037

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181208

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFA42C

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

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