#DB8955#DB8955

#DB8955 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.121 H 52.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8955
RGB	rgb(219, 137, 85)
HSL	hsl(23, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 26.43, 40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 48.46, 56.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0746 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.121 52)
XYZ	xyz(39.8016, 33.6110, 12.9840)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8955 #55A7DB

analogous

#DB5564 #DB8955 #DBCC55

triadic

#DB8955 #55DB89 #8955DB

tetradic

#DB8955 #64DB55 #55A7DB #CC55DB

square

#DB8955 #64DB55 #55A7DB #CC55DB

split-complementary

#DB8955 #55DBCC #5564DB

monochromatic

#964E20 #C8682A #DB8955 #E6AC88 #F0CFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#DB8955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#DB8955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8955

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8955	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 137, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.121 52.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac86',
    500: '#db8955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8955;
$custom-light: #ebac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.284,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70511,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 52
  },
  "luminance": 0.33607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8955

secondary

#ACCCE0

accent

#A7E840

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8955

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

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