#DFAE42#DFAE42

#DFAE42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.135 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFAE42
RGB	rgb(223, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, 7.17, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 60.27, 83.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% 0.0147 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.135 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5537, 46.3566, 11.6490)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFAE42 #4273DF

analogous

#DF6042 #DFAE42 #C2DF42

triadic

#DFAE42 #42DFAE #AE42DF

tetradic

#DFAE42 #42DF60 #4273DF #DF42C2

square

#DFAE42 #42DF60 #4273DF #DF42C2

split-complementary

#DFAE42 #42C2DF #6042DF

monochromatic

#8E6A18 #C39021 #DFAE42 #E8C476 #F1DBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DFAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#DFAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFAE42

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFAE42	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#C3AE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F29E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.135 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc57c',
    500: '#dfae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfae42;
$custom-light: #edc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.274,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7766,
    "c": 0.13458,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFAE42

secondary

#9EB2DF

accent

#72EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFAE42

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

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