#DFA42F#DFA42F

#DFA42F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.142 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFA42F
RGB	rgb(223, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 78.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 11.67, 64.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 65.70, 79.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.0256 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.142 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2231, 42.4477, 8.5529)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFA42F #2F6ADF

analogous

#DF4C2F #DFA42F #C2DF2F

triadic

#DFA42F #2FDFA4 #A42FDF

tetradic

#DFA42F #2FDF4C #2F6ADF #DF2FC2

square

#DFA42F #2FDF4C #2F6ADF #DF2FC2

split-complementary

#DFA42F #2FC2DF #4C2FDF

monochromatic

#805C14 #B5821C #DFA42F #E7BB64 #EFD299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DFA42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#DFA42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFA42F

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFA42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFA42F	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfa42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.142 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eebe71',
    500: '#dfa42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfa42f;
$custom-light: #eebe71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfa42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.886,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75582,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFA42F

secondary

#8FA8DB

accent

#76F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171208

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFA42F

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

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