#DFAD40#DFAD40

#DFAD40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.136 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFAD40
RGB	rgb(223, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, 7.60, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 60.88, 82.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% 0.0157 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.136 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3033, 45.9485, 11.2797)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFAD40 #4072DF

analogous

#DF5E40 #DFAD40 #C2DF40

triadic

#DFAD40 #40DFAD #AD40DF

tetradic

#DFAD40 #40DF5E #4072DF #DF40C2

square

#DFAD40 #40DF5E #4072DF #DF40C2

split-complementary

#DFAD40 #40C2DF #5E40DF

monochromatic

#8D6818 #C18F20 #DFAD40 #E8C474 #F1DAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DFAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#DFAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFAD40

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFAD40	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F29D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.136 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc57b',
    500: '#dfad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfad40;
$custom-light: #edc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.132,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77447,
    "c": 0.1355,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFAD40

secondary

#9DB1DE

accent

#72EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFAD40

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

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