#DB9540#DB9540

#DB9540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.130 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9540
RGB	rgb(219, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 18.73, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 56.95, 70.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.0485 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.13 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8892, 36.9287, 9.8240)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9540 #4086DB

analogous

#DB4740 #DB9540 #D4DB40

triadic

#DB9540 #40DB95 #9540DB

tetradic

#DB9540 #40DB47 #4086DB #DB40D4

square

#DB9540 #40DB47 #4086DB #DB40D4

split-complementary

#DB9540 #40D4DB #4740DB

monochromatic

#875619 #BB7623 #DB9540 #E5B273 #EECEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#DB9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#DB9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9540

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9540	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.130 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb479',
    500: '#db9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9540;
$custom-light: #ebb479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.903,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72433,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9540

secondary

#9BB8DC

accent

#8BEB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9540

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

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