#DB6838#DB6838

#DB6838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.157 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB6838
RGB	rgb(219, 104, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 41.95, 47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 63.11, 48.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% 0.117 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.157 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8810, 25.2506, 6.7777)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB6838 #38ABDB

analogous

#DB385A #DB6838 #DBBA38

triadic

#DB6838 #38DB68 #6838DB

tetradic

#DB6838 #5ADB38 #38ABDB #BA38DB

square

#DB6838 #5ADB38 #38ABDB #BA38DB

split-complementary

#DB6838 #38DBBA #385ADB

monochromatic

#813717 #B54C21 #DB6838 #E48F6C #EEB7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#DB6838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#DB6838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB6838

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB6838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB6838	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db6838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 104, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.157 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9571',
    500: '#db6838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db6838;
$custom-light: #ed9571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db6838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.669,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64781,
    "c": 0.15708,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB6838

secondary

#95C6DA

accent

#B8EC3C

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF2EC

border

#D7CCC7

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB6838

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

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