#DFAE59#DFAE59

#DFAE59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.118 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFAE59
RGB	rgb(223, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, 8.55, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 50.42, 80.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% 0.0217 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.118 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3732, 46.6845, 15.9651)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFAE59 #598ADF

analogous

#DF6B59 #DFAE59 #CDDF59

triadic

#DFAE59 #59DFAE #AE59DF

tetradic

#DFAE59 #59DF6B #598ADF #DF59CD

square

#DFAE59 #59DF6B #598ADF #DF59CD

split-complementary

#DFAE59 #59CDDF #6B59DF

monochromatic

#9F701F #D29429 #DFAE59 #E9C78C #F3E0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#DFAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#DFAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFAE59

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFAE59	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.118 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc68a',
    500: '#dfae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfae59;
$custom-light: #ecc68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.06,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77893,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFAE59

secondary

#B1C3E3

accent

#5AD016

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFAE59

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

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