#DB8B59#DB8B59

#DB8B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.118 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB8B59
RGB	rgb(219, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(23, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.5%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 25.65, 39.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 46.79, 56.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0728 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.118 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2520, 34.2503, 13.9403)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB8B59 #59A9DB

analogous

#DB5968 #DB8B59 #DBCC59

triadic

#DB8B59 #59DB8B #8B59DB

tetradic

#DB8B59 #68DB59 #59A9DB #CC59DB

square

#DB8B59 #68DB59 #59A9DB #CC59DB

split-complementary

#DB8B59 #59DBCC #5968DB

monochromatic

#994F21 #CB692C #DB8B59 #E6AE8B #F1D1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#DB8B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#DB8B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB8B59

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB8B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB8B59	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE7B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db8b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.118 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaad89',
    500: '#db8b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db8b59;
$custom-light: #eaad89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db8b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70921,
    "c": 0.11783,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB8B59

secondary

#AFCEE1

accent

#87CC19

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB8B59

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

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