#DFB551#DFB551

#DFB551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.127 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB551
RGB	rgb(223, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, 4.32, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 55.47, 85.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% 0.0083 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.127 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4430, 49.3328, 14.7536)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB551 #517BDF

analogous

#DF6E51 #DFB551 #C2DF51

triadic

#DFB551 #51DFB5 #B551DF

tetradic

#DFB551 #51DF6E #517BDF #DF51C2

square

#DFB551 #51DF6E #517BDF #DF51C2

split-complementary

#DFB551 #51C2DF #6E51DF

monochromatic

#99741C #CD9C26 #DFB551 #E9CB85 #F2E1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DFB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#DFB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB551

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB551	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.127 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edca86',
    500: '#dfb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb551;
$custom-light: #edca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79179,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB551

secondary

#AABBE1

accent

#70EC3C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8F0

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB551

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

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