#DFB242#DFB242

#DFB242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.136 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB242
RGB	rgb(223, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, 5.05, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 61.07, 85.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% 0.0086 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.136 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3379, 47.9252, 11.9104)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB242 #426FDF

analogous

#DF6442 #DFB242 #BDDF42

triadic

#DFB242 #42DFB2 #B242DF

tetradic

#DFB242 #42DF64 #426FDF #DF42BD

square

#DFB242 #42DF64 #426FDF #DF42BD

split-complementary

#DFB242 #42BDDF #6442DF

monochromatic

#8E6D18 #C39421 #DFB242 #E8C776 #F1DDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DFB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#DFB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB242

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB242	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.136 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc87c',
    500: '#dfb242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb242;
$custom-light: #edc87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.803,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78447,
    "c": 0.13621,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB242

secondary

#9EB1DF

accent

#6EEE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB242

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

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