#DB8540#DB8540

#DB8540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.134 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8540
RGB	rgb(219, 133, 64)
HSL	hsl(27, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(27, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, 27.31, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 56.84, 61.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.074 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.134 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5295, 32.2092, 9.0374)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8540 #4096DB

analogous

#DB4048 #DB8540 #DBD340

triadic

#DB8540 #40DB85 #8540DB

tetradic

#DB8540 #48DB40 #4096DB #D340DB

square

#DB8540 #48DB40 #4096DB #D340DB

split-complementary

#DB8540 #40DBD3 #4048DB

monochromatic

#874A19 #BB6723 #DB8540 #E5A673 #EEC7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#DB8540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#DB8540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8540

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8540	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 133, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.134 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eca978',
    500: '#db8540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8540;
$custom-light: #eca978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.71,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69559,
    "c": 0.13449,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8540

secondary

#9BBFDC

accent

#9DEB3D

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8540

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

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