#DB8551#DB8551

#DB8551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.126 H 50.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8551
RGB	rgb(219, 133, 81)
HSL	hsl(23, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(23, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, 28.30, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 50.28, 55.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% 0.0796 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.126 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0891, 32.4330, 11.9846)
Luminance	0.3243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8551 #51A7DB

analogous

#DB5162 #DB8551 #DBCA51

triadic

#DB8551 #51DB85 #8551DB

tetradic

#DB8551 #62DB51 #51A7DB #CA51DB

square

#DB8551 #62DB51 #51A7DB #CA51DB

split-complementary

#DB8551 #51DBCA #5162DB

monochromatic

#934A1E #C66429 #DB8551 #E5A984 #F0CCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#DB8551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#DB8551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8551

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8551	1.00	2.81	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 133, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.126 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eba983',
    500: '#db8551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8551;
$custom-light: #eba983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.609,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6976,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8551

secondary

#A9CBDF

accent

#A9E93F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8551

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

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