#DB8959#DB8959

#DB8959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.119 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8959
RGB	rgb(219, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(22, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(22, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 26.72, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 46.93, 55.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% 0.0761 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.119 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9650, 33.6764, 13.8447)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8959 #59ABDB

analogous

#DB596A #DB8959 #DBCA59

triadic

#DB8959 #59DB89 #8959DB

tetradic

#DB8959 #6ADB59 #59ABDB #CA59DB

square

#DB8959 #6ADB59 #59ABDB #CA59DB

split-complementary

#DB8959 #59DBCA #596ADB

monochromatic

#994D21 #CB672C #DB8959 #E6AD8B #F1D1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#DB8959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#DB8959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8959

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8959	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)

#A09255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.119 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaac89',
    500: '#db8959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8959;
$custom-light: #eaac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.154,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70569,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8959

secondary

#AFCEE1

accent

#8ACC19

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8959

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

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