#DFAD42#DFAD42

#DFAD42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.134 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFAD42
RGB	rgb(223, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, 7.70, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 60.08, 82.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% 0.0163 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.134 83)
XYZ	xyz(46.3612, 45.9717, 11.5848)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFAD42 #4274DF

analogous

#DF5F42 #DFAD42 #C2DF42

triadic

#DFAD42 #42DFAD #AD42DF

tetradic

#DFAD42 #42DF5F #4274DF #DF42C2

square

#DFAD42 #42DF5F #4274DF #DF42C2

split-complementary

#DFAD42 #42C2DF #5F42DF

monochromatic

#8E6918 #C38F21 #DFAD42 #E8C476 #F1DAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DFAD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#DFAD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFAD42

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFAD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFAD42	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)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F29D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.134 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc57c',
    500: '#dfad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfad42;
$custom-light: #edc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.892,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77464,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.45968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFAD42

secondary

#9EB3DF

accent

#73EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFAD42

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

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