#DFB538#DFB538

#DFB538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.144 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB538
RGB	rgb(223, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 74.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, 3.01, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 65.50, 87.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% 0.0016 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.144 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6719, 49.0243, 10.6924)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB538 #3862DF

analogous

#DF6238 #DFB538 #B6DF38

triadic

#DFB538 #38DFB5 #B538DF

tetradic

#DFB538 #38DF62 #3862DF #DF38B6

square

#DFB538 #38DF62 #3862DF #DF38B6

split-complementary

#DFB538 #38B6DF #6238DF

monochromatic

#876A16 #BC941E #DFB538 #E7C96D #F0DCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DFB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#DFB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB538

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB538	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)

#CAB323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.144 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeca77',
    500: '#dfb538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb538;
$custom-light: #eeca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.91,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78967,
    "c": 0.14374,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB538

secondary

#96A8DD

accent

#67EF39

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB538

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

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