#DB9231#DB9231

#DB9231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.138 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9231
RGB	rgb(219, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(34, 70%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 78%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 77.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 19.68, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 62.49, 71.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0493 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.138 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0498, 35.8433, 7.7143)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9231 #317ADB

analogous

#DB3D31 #DB9231 #CFDB31

triadic

#DB9231 #31DB92 #9231DB

tetradic

#DB9231 #31DB3D #317ADB #DB31CF

square

#DB9231 #31DB3D #317ADB #DB31CF

split-complementary

#DB9231 #31CFDB #3D31DB

monochromatic

#7C5016 #B0721F #DB9231 #E4AE65 #EDC999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#DB9231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#DB9231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9231

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9231	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.138 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb270',
    500: '#db9231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9231;
$custom-light: #ecb270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.235,
    "s": 70.248,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71757,
    "c": 0.13843,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9231

secondary

#8FAFD9

accent

#87ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5ED

border

#D7CFC8

text

#171008

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9231

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

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