#DFB259#DFB259

#DFB259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.119 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB259
RGB	rgb(223, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, 6.43, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 51.24, 82.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% 0.0155 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.119 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1575, 48.2530, 16.2265)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB259 #5986DF

analogous

#DF6F59 #DFB259 #C9DF59

triadic

#DFB259 #59DFB2 #B259DF

tetradic

#DFB259 #59DF6F #5986DF #DF59C9

square

#DFB259 #59DF6F #5986DF #DF59C9

split-complementary

#DFB259 #59C9DF #6F59DF

monochromatic

#9F741F #D29929 #DFB259 #E9CA8C #F3E2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DFB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#DFB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB259

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB259	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.119 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc88b',
    500: '#dfb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb259;
$custom-light: #ecc88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.851,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78675,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB259

secondary

#B1C2E3

accent

#54D016

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB259

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

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