#DFAD59#DFAD59

#DFAD59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.117 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFAD59
RGB	rgb(223, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, 9.09, 49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 50.23, 79.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% 0.0233 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.117 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1807, 46.2995, 15.9009)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFAD59 #598BDF

analogous

#DF6A59 #DFAD59 #CEDF59

triadic

#DFAD59 #59DFAD #AD59DF

tetradic

#DFAD59 #59DF6A #598BDF #DF59CE

square

#DFAD59 #59DF6A #598BDF #DF59CE

split-complementary

#DFAD59 #59CEDF #6A59DF

monochromatic

#9F6F1F #D29329 #DFAD59 #E9C68C #F3E0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DFAD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#DFAD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFAD59

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFAD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFAD59	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F19F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfad59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.117 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc58a',
    500: '#dfad59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfad59;
$custom-light: #ecc58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfad59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.612,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77699,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFAD59

secondary

#B1C4E3

accent

#5BD016

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFAD59

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

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