#DB9255#DB9255

#DB9255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.117 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9255
RGB	rgb(219, 146, 85)
HSL	hsl(27, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 21.60, 43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 48.20, 63.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% 0.0601 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.117 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1347, 36.2773, 13.4284)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9255 #559EDB

analogous

#DB555B #DB9255 #DBD555

triadic

#DB9255 #55DB92 #9255DB

tetradic

#DB9255 #5BDB55 #559EDB #D555DB

square

#DB9255 #5BDB55 #559EDB #D555DB

split-complementary

#DB9255 #55DBD5 #555BDB

monochromatic

#965620 #C8722A #DB9255 #E6B288 #F0D3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#DB9255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#DB9255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9255

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9255	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8984F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 146, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.117 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab286',
    500: '#db9255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9255;
$custom-light: #eab286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.313,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7212,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9255

secondary

#ACC8E0

accent

#9BE840

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF5EF

border

#D5CFCA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9255

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

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