#DFC99E#DFC99E

#DFC99E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.062 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC99E
RGB	rgb(223, 201, 158)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(40, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 29.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.80, 1.30, 24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.80, 24.37, 86.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% 0.0065 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.062 84)
XYZ	xyz(57.4903, 59.9316, 40.8807)
Luminance	0.5993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC99E #9EB4DF

analogous

#DFA89E #DFC99E #D5DF9E

triadic

#DFC99E #9EDFC9 #C99EDF

tetradic

#DFC99E #9EDFA8 #9EB4DF #DF9ED5

square

#DFC99E #9EDFA8 #9EB4DF #DF9ED5

split-complementary

#DFC99E #9ED5DF #A89EDF

monochromatic

#C19642 #D0AF70 #DFC99E #EEE3CC #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DFC99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#DFC99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC99E

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC99E	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CE9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 201, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.062 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9bb',
    500: '#dfc99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc99e;
$custom-light: #e9d9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.692,
    "s": 50.388,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84366,
    "c": 0.06194,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.5993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC99E

secondary

#6A84B8

accent

#5BBE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC99E

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

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