#DFB851#DFB851

#DFB851 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.128 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFB851
RGB	rgb(223, 184, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, 2.74, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 56.20, 87.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% 0.0038 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.128 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0596, 50.5659, 14.9591)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFB851 #5178DF

analogous

#DF7151 #DFB851 #BFDF51

triadic

#DFB851 #51DFB8 #B851DF

tetradic

#DFB851 #51DF71 #5178DF #DF51BF

square

#DFB851 #51DF71 #5178DF #DF51BF

split-complementary

#DFB851 #51BFDF #7151DF

monochromatic

#99771C #CD9F26 #DFB851 #E9CD85 #F2E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DFB851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#DFB851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFB851

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFB851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFB851	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfb851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 184, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.128 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccd86',
    500: '#dfb851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfb851;
$custom-light: #eccd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfb851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.521,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79776,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFB851

secondary

#37539D

accent

#6CEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFB851

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

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