#DFAD56#DFAD56

#DFAD56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.120 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFAD56
RGB	rgb(223, 173, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, 8.88, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 51.57, 80.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% 0.0223 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.12 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0573, 46.2502, 15.2510)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFAD56 #5688DF

analogous

#DF6856 #DFAD56 #CCDF56

triadic

#DFAD56 #56DFAD #AD56DF

tetradic

#DFAD56 #56DF68 #5688DF #DF56CC

square

#DFAD56 #56DF68 #5688DF #DF56CC

split-complementary

#DFAD56 #56CCDF #6856DF

monochromatic

#9D6E1E #D09327 #DFAD56 #E9C689 #F2DFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DFAD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#DFAD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFAD56

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFAD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFAD56	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F19F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfad56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 173, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.120 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc588',
    500: '#dfad56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfad56;
$custom-light: #ecc588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfad56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.102,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77663,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFAD56

secondary

#AEC1E2

accent

#5AD015

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFAD56

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

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