#DFAE40#DFAE40

#DFAE40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.136 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFAE40
RGB	rgb(223, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, 7.07, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 61.06, 83.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% 0.0142 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.136 84)
XYZ	xyz(46.4957, 46.3335, 11.3438)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFAE40 #4071DF

analogous

#DF5F40 #DFAE40 #C1DF40

triadic

#DFAE40 #40DFAE #AE40DF

tetradic

#DFAE40 #40DF5F #4071DF #DF40C1

square

#DFAE40 #40DF5F #4071DF #DF40C1

split-complementary

#DFAE40 #40C1DF #5F40DF

monochromatic

#8D6918 #C19020 #DFAE40 #E8C474 #F1DAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DFAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#DFAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFAE40

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFAE40	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F29E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.136 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc57b',
    500: '#dfae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfae40;
$custom-light: #edc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.509,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77643,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.4633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFAE40

secondary

#9DB1DE

accent

#71EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFAE40

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

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