#DFB540#DFB540

#DFB540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.139 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB540
RGB	rgb(223, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, 3.37, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 62.51, 86.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% 0.0035 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.139 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8834, 49.1089, 11.8064)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB540 #406ADF

analogous

#DF6640 #DFB540 #BADF40

triadic

#DFB540 #40DFB5 #B540DF

tetradic

#DFB540 #40DF66 #406ADF #DF40BA

square

#DFB540 #40DF66 #406ADF #DF40BA

split-complementary

#DFB540 #40BADF #6640DF

monochromatic

#8D6E18 #C19720 #DFB540 #E8C974 #F1DEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DFB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#DFB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB540

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB540	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.139 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edca7c',
    500: '#dfb540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb540;
$custom-light: #edca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.151,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79026,
    "c": 0.13892,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB540

secondary

#9DAEDE

accent

#69EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB540

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

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