#DFAF42#DFAF42

#DFAF42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.135 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFAF42
RGB	rgb(223, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, 6.64, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 60.46, 83.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% 0.0132 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.135 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7476, 46.7445, 11.7136)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFAF42 #4272DF

analogous

#DF6142 #DFAF42 #C1DF42

triadic

#DFAF42 #42DFAF #AF42DF

tetradic

#DFAF42 #42DF61 #4272DF #DF42C1

square

#DFAF42 #42DF61 #4272DF #DF42C1

split-complementary

#DFAF42 #42C1DF #6142DF

monochromatic

#8E6A18 #C39121 #DFAF42 #E8C576 #F1DBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#DFAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#DFAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFAF42

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFAF42	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.135 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc67c',
    500: '#dfaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfaf42;
$custom-light: #edc67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.656,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77856,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFAF42

secondary

#9EB2DF

accent

#71EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFAF42

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

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