#DB8956#DB8956

#DB8956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.121 H 51.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8956
RGB	rgb(219, 137, 86)
HSL	hsl(23, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 26.50, 40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 48.07, 56.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.075 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.121 51.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8416, 33.6270, 13.1947)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8956 #56A8DB

analogous

#DB5665 #DB8956 #DBCC56

triadic

#DB8956 #56DB89 #8956DB

tetradic

#DB8956 #65DB56 #56A8DB #CC56DB

square

#DB8956 #65DB56 #56A8DB #CC56DB

split-complementary

#DB8956 #56DBCC #5665DB

monochromatic

#974D20 #C9672B #DB8956 #E6AC88 #F0CFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#DB8956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#DB8956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8956

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8956	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)

#A09251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 137, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.121 51.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac87',
    500: '#db8956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8956;
$custom-light: #ebac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.008,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70525,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 51.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8956

secondary

#ADCCE0

accent

#A7E840

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8956

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

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