#DFC596#DFC596

#DFC596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.068 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC596
RGB	rgb(223, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(39, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 32.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, 2.37, 26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 27.08, 84.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% 0.0094 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.068 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.9036, 57.8244, 37.0647)
Luminance	0.5782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC596 #96B0DF

analogous

#DFA096 #DFC596 #D4DF96

triadic

#DFC596 #96DFC5 #C596DF

tetradic

#DFC596 #96DFA0 #96B0DF #DF96D4

square

#DFC596 #96DFA0 #96B0DF #DF96D4

split-complementary

#DFC596 #96D4DF #A096DF

monochromatic

#C0913B #D1AB67 #DFC596 #EDDFC5 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DFC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#DFC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC596

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC596	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.068 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead6b5',
    500: '#dfc596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc596;
$custom-light: #ead6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.63,
    "s": 53.285,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83405,
    "c": 0.06844,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC596

secondary

#6280B7

accent

#5CC125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC596

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

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