#DFC994#DFC994

#DFC994 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.073 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC994
RGB	rgb(223, 201, 148)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(42, 34%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 33.6%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, 0.04, 29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 29.34, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% 0.0025 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.073 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.6643, 59.6012, 36.5306)
Luminance	0.5960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC994 #94AADF

analogous

#DFA394 #DFC994 #CFDF94

triadic

#DFC994 #94DFC9 #C994DF

tetradic

#DFC994 #94DFA3 #94AADF #DF94CF

square

#DFC994 #94DFA3 #94AADF #DF94CF

split-complementary

#DFC994 #94CFDF #A394DF

monochromatic

#BF9839 #D1B165 #DFC994 #EDE1C3 #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DFC994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#DFC994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC994

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC994	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCD96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 201, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.073 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead9b4',
    500: '#dfc994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc994;
$custom-light: #ead9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.4,
    "s": 53.957,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84165,
    "c": 0.07342,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC994

secondary

#607AB7

accent

#52C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC994

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

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