#DFAA40#DFAA40

#DFAA40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.135 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFAA40
RGB	rgb(223, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, 9.19, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 60.35, 81.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% 0.0203 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.135 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7344, 44.8109, 11.0901)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFAA40 #4075DF

analogous

#DF5B40 #DFAA40 #C5DF40

triadic

#DFAA40 #40DFAA #AA40DF

tetradic

#DFAA40 #40DF5B #4075DF #DF40C5

square

#DFAA40 #40DF5B #4075DF #DF40C5

split-complementary

#DFAA40 #40C5DF #5B40DF

monochromatic

#8D6618 #C18C20 #DFAA40 #E8C174 #F1D9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DFAA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#DFAA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFAA40

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFAA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFAA40	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F29A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfaa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.135 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc37b',
    500: '#dfaa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfaa40;
$custom-light: #edc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfaa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76863,
    "c": 0.13454,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFAA40

secondary

#9DB2DE

accent

#76EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFAA40

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

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