#DB8556#DB8556

#DB8556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.123 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8556
RGB	rgb(219, 133, 86)
HSL	hsl(21, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, 28.64, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 48.40, 53.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0814 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.123 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2835, 32.5108, 13.0087)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8556 #56ACDB

analogous

#DB566A #DB8556 #DBC856

triadic

#DB8556 #56DB85 #8556DB

tetradic

#DB8556 #6ADB56 #56ACDB #C856DB

square

#DB8556 #6ADB56 #56ACDB #C856DB

split-complementary

#DB8556 #56DBC8 #566ADB

monochromatic

#974A20 #C9632B #DB8556 #E6A988 #F0CEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#DB8556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#DB8556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8556

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8556	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE757A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 133, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.123 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eba987',
    500: '#db8556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8556;
$custom-light: #eba987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.203,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69829,
    "c": 0.12289,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8556

secondary

#ADCEE0

accent

#ADE840

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8556

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

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