#DFB042#DFB042

#DFB042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.135 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB042
RGB	rgb(223, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, 6.11, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 60.66, 84.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% 0.0117 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.135 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9429, 47.1352, 11.7787)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB042 #4271DF

analogous

#DF6242 #DFB042 #C0DF42

triadic

#DFB042 #42DFB0 #B042DF

tetradic

#DFB042 #42DF62 #4271DF #DF42C0

square

#DFB042 #42DF62 #4271DF #DF42C0

split-complementary

#DFB042 #42C0DF #6242DF

monochromatic

#8E6B18 #C39221 #DFB042 #E8C676 #F1DCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DFB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#DFB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB042

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB042	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.135 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc77c',
    500: '#dfb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb042;
$custom-light: #edc77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.038,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78052,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB042

secondary

#9EB2DF

accent

#70EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB042

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

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