#DFAE57#DFAE57

#DFAE57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.119 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFAE57
RGB	rgb(223, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, 8.41, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 51.32, 80.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% 0.0211 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.119 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2903, 46.6513, 15.5288)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFAE57 #5788DF

analogous

#DF6A57 #DFAE57 #CCDF57

triadic

#DFAE57 #57DFAE #AE57DF

tetradic

#DFAE57 #57DF6A #5788DF #DF57CC

square

#DFAE57 #57DF6A #5788DF #DF57CC

split-complementary

#DFAE57 #57CCDF #6A57DF

monochromatic

#9E701E #D19428 #DFAE57 #E9C78A #F3E0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#DFAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#DFAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFAE57

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFAE57	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.119 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc689',
    500: '#dfae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfae57;
$custom-light: #ecc689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.382,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77869,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFAE57

secondary

#AFC2E3

accent

#59D016

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFAE57

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

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