#DFB255#DFB255

#DFB255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.122 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB255
RGB	rgb(223, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 61.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, 6.16, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 53.03, 83.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% 0.0142 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.122 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9940, 48.1877, 15.3658)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB255 #5582DF

analogous

#DF6D55 #DFB255 #C7DF55

triadic

#DFB255 #55DFB2 #B255DF

tetradic

#DFB255 #55DF6D #5582DF #DF55C7

square

#DFB255 #55DF6D #5582DF #DF55C7

split-complementary

#DFB255 #55C7DF #6D55DF

monochromatic

#9C731D #D09927 #DFB255 #E9C989 #F2E1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DFB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#DFB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB255

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB255	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.122 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc888',
    500: '#dfb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb255;
$custom-light: #ecc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.435,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7863,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB255

secondary

#AEBFE2

accent

#52D015

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB255

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

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