#DFAE3C#DFAE3C

#DFAE3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.138 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFAE3C
RGB	rgb(223, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 73.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, 6.88, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 62.61, 83.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% 0.0132 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.138 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3860, 46.2896, 10.7657)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFAE3C #3C6DDF

analogous

#DF5C3C #DFAE3C #BFDF3C

triadic

#DFAE3C #3CDFAE #AE3CDF

tetradic

#DFAE3C #3CDF5C #3C6DDF #DF3CBF

square

#DFAE3C #3CDF5C #3C6DDF #DF3CBF

split-complementary

#DFAE3C #3CBFDF #5C3CDF

monochromatic

#8A6717 #BF8F1F #DFAE3C #E8C471 #F0DAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DFAE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#DFAE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFAE3C

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFAE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFAE3C	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)

#C3AE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F29E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.138 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec579',
    500: '#dfae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfae3c;
$custom-light: #eec579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.963,
    "s": 71.806,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77612,
    "c": 0.13834,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFAE3C

secondary

#99AEDD

accent

#70EF39

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFAE3C

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

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