#DFAE38#DFAE38

#DFAE38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.141 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFAE38
RGB	rgb(223, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 74.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, 6.70, 63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 64.10, 84.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% 0.0122 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.141 85)
XYZ	xyz(46.2842, 46.2489, 10.2298)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFAE38 #3869DF

analogous

#DF5B38 #DFAE38 #BDDF38

triadic

#DFAE38 #38DFAE #AE38DF

tetradic

#DFAE38 #38DF5B #3869DF #DF38BD

square

#DFAE38 #38DF5B #3869DF #DF38BD

split-complementary

#DFAE38 #38BDDF #5B38DF

monochromatic

#876616 #BC8D1E #DFAE38 #E7C36D #F0D9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DFAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#DFAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFAE38

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFAE38	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)

#C4AE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F29E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.141 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec577',
    500: '#dfae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfae38;
$custom-light: #eec577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.395,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77583,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.46246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFAE38

secondary

#96ABDD

accent

#6EEF39

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFAE38

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

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