#DFC393

Closest named color: Burlywood (#DEB887). oklch(82.9% 0.071 80.9), rgb(223, 195, 147).

Black text reads best on this color (12.36:1).

About this color

#DFC393 is a light, moderately saturated orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 83%, its chroma 0.071 and its hue 81°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Burlywood (#DEB887), ΔE 0.028 away. Black text reads best on it, at 12.36:1.

Hue family	Oranges
Lightness	light (83%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.071)
Temperature	warm
Nearest name	Burlywood (#DEB887)
Black text	12.36:1
White text	1.69:1

Values

HEX	#DFC393
RGB	rgb(223, 195, 147)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 73%)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.071 80.9)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #DFC393	1.69:1	Fails	Lc -34.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #DFC393	12.36:1	AAA	Lc 73.5	Content text, not long reading
#DFC393 text on white	1.69:1	Fails	Lc 30.3	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#DFC393 text on black	12.36:1	AAA	Lc -72.5	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F9F5EF

oklch(97.2% 0.009 78.3)
Step 100
100

#F1E9DB

oklch(93.7% 0.021 81.8)
Step 200
200

#E7D7BD

oklch(88.5% 0.039 80)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#DFC393

oklch(82.9% 0.071 80.9)
Step 400
400

#C59946

oklch(70.8% 0.113 80.9)
Step 500
500

#B17F00

oklch(63% 0.13 80.8)
Step 600
600

#956B00

oklch(55.6% 0.115 81.4)
Step 700
700

#7E5900

oklch(49% 0.101 80.5)
Step 800
800

#674900

oklch(42.7% 0.088 81.6)
Step 900
900

#573C00

oklch(37.7% 0.078 80.1)
Step 950
950

#342300

oklch(27% 0.056 81.4)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#DFC393 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#CFC290	0.024
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#D6CA94	0.021
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#EBBAB6	0.062
Achromatopsia (no color)	#C7C7C7	0.071