#DB8957#DB8957

#DB8957 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.120 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8957
RGB	rgb(219, 137, 87)
HSL	hsl(23, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 26.57, 39.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 47.69, 56.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0.0753 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.12 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8822, 33.6432, 13.4084)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8957 #57A9DB

analogous

#DB5767 #DB8957 #DBCB57

triadic

#DB8957 #57DB89 #8957DB

tetradic

#DB8957 #67DB57 #57A9DB #CB57DB

square

#DB8957 #67DB57 #57A9DB #CB57DB

split-complementary

#DB8957 #57DBCB #5767DB

monochromatic

#974D20 #CA672B #DB8957 #E6AC89 #F1D0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#DB8957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#DB8957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8957

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8957	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 137, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.120 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac87',
    500: '#db8957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8957;
$custom-light: #ebac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.727,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7054,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8957

secondary

#ADCDE0

accent

#A8E840

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8957

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

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