#DFB257#DFB257

#DFB257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.121 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB257
RGB	rgb(223, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, 6.29, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 52.14, 83.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% 0.0149 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.121 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0746, 48.2199, 15.7902)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB257 #5784DF

analogous

#DF6E57 #DFB257 #C8DF57

triadic

#DFB257 #57DFB2 #B257DF

tetradic

#DFB257 #57DF6E #5784DF #DF57C8

square

#DFB257 #57DF6E #5784DF #DF57C8

split-complementary

#DFB257 #57C8DF #6E57DF

monochromatic

#9E731E #D19928 #DFB257 #E9CA8A #F3E1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DFB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#DFB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB257

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB257	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)

#C5B24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.121 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc889',
    500: '#dfb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb257;
$custom-light: #ecc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.147,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78652,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB257

secondary

#AFC0E3

accent

#53D016

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB257

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

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