#DB8251#DB8251

#DB8251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.127 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8251
RGB	rgb(219, 130, 81)
HSL	hsl(21, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(21, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, 29.89, 40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 50.56, 53.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% 0.0844 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.127 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6842, 31.6233, 11.8496)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8251 #51AADB

analogous

#DB5165 #DB8251 #DBC751

triadic

#DB8251 #51DB82 #8251DB

tetradic

#DB8251 #65DB51 #51AADB #C751DB

square

#DB8251 #65DB51 #51AADB #C751DB

split-complementary

#DB8251 #51DBC7 #5165DB

monochromatic

#93481E #C66129 #DB8251 #E5A684 #F0CBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#DB8251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#DB8251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8251

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8251	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 130, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.127 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eba783',
    500: '#db8251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8251;
$custom-light: #eba783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.304,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69244,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8251

secondary

#A9CCDF

accent

#ACE93F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#170F0B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8251

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

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