#DB8440#DB8440

#DB8440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.135 H 55.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8440
RGB	rgb(219, 132, 64)
HSL	hsl(26, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(26, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, 27.84, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 56.89, 60.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% 0.0756 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.135 55.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3932, 31.9367, 8.9920)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8440 #4097DB

analogous

#DB4049 #DB8440 #DBD240

triadic

#DB8440 #40DB84 #8440DB

tetradic

#DB8440 #49DB40 #4097DB #D240DB

square

#DB8440 #49DB40 #4097DB #D240DB

split-complementary

#DB8440 #40DBD2 #4049DB

monochromatic

#874A19 #BB6623 #DB8440 #E5A573 #EEC6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#DB8440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#DB8440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8440

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8440	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 132, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.135 55.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eca878',
    500: '#db8440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8440;
$custom-light: #eca878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.323,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69385,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 55.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8440

secondary

#9BBFDC

accent

#9FEB3D

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#170F09

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8440

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

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