#DFC172#DFC172

#DFC172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.104 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC172
RGB	rgb(223, 193, 114)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(43, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 48.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, 0.58, 43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 43.48, 89.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% 0.0014 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.104 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.5405, 55.0452, 23.7736)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC172 #7290DF

analogous

#DF8A72 #DFC172 #C6DF72

triadic

#DFC172 #72DFC1 #C172DF

tetradic

#DFC172 #72DF8A #7290DF #DF72C6

square

#DFC172 #72DF8A #7290DF #DF72C6

split-complementary

#DFC172 #72C6DF #8A72DF

monochromatic

#AF8A28 #D4AB40 #DFC172 #EAD7A4 #F6EDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DFC172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#DFC172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC172

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC172	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BF6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 193, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.104 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd39c',
    500: '#dfc172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc172;
$custom-light: #ebd39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.486,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81984,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC172

secondary

#4562B1

accent

#4BCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC172

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

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