#DFB451#DFB451

#DFB451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.126 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB451
RGB	rgb(223, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, 4.84, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 55.24, 84.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% 0.0099 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.126 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2404, 48.9276, 14.6861)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB451 #517CDF

analogous

#DF6D51 #DFB451 #C3DF51

triadic

#DFB451 #51DFB4 #B451DF

tetradic

#DFB451 #51DF6D #517CDF #DF51C3

square

#DFB451 #51DF6D #517CDF #DF51C3

split-complementary

#DFB451 #51C3DF #6D51DF

monochromatic

#99731C #CD9A26 #DFB451 #E9CA85 #F2E1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DFB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#DFB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB451

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB451	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.126 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edca86',
    500: '#dfb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb451;
$custom-light: #edca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.831,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78981,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB451

secondary

#AABBE1

accent

#71EC3C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB451

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

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