#DFB251#DFB251

#DFB251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.125 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB251
RGB	rgb(223, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, 5.90, 54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 54.79, 83.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% 0.0129 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.125 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8396, 48.1259, 14.5525)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB251 #517EDF

analogous

#DF6B51 #DFB251 #C5DF51

triadic

#DFB251 #51DFB2 #B251DF

tetradic

#DFB251 #51DF6B #517EDF #DF51C5

square

#DFB251 #51DF6B #517EDF #DF51C5

split-complementary

#DFB251 #51C5DF #6B51DF

monochromatic

#99721C #CD9826 #DFB251 #E9C985 #F2E0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DFB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#DFB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB251

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB251	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.125 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc885',
    500: '#dfb251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb251;
$custom-light: #edc885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.986,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78587,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB251

secondary

#AABCE1

accent

#74EC3C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB251

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

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