#DFB456#DFB456

#DFB456 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.122 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB456
RGB	rgb(223, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, 5.17, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 53.03, 84.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% 0.0114 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.122 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4349, 49.0053, 15.7102)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB456 #5681DF

analogous

#DF6F56 #DFB456 #C5DF56

triadic

#DFB456 #56DFB4 #B456DF

tetradic

#DFB456 #56DF6F #5681DF #DF56C5

square

#DFB456 #56DF6F #5681DF #DF56C5

split-complementary

#DFB456 #56C5DF #6F56DF

monochromatic

#9D751E #D09B27 #DFB456 #E9CB89 #F2E2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DFB456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#DFB456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB456

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB456	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.122 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecca89',
    500: '#dfb456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb456;
$custom-light: #ecca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.168,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79035,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB456

secondary

#AEBFE2

accent

#50D015

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB456

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

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