#DB9557#DB9557

#DB9557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.115 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9557
RGB	rgb(219, 149, 87)
HSL	hsl(28, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(28, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 20.13, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 47.42, 64.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.056 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.115 61)
XYZ	xyz(41.6838, 37.2466, 14.0089)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9557 #579DDB

analogous

#DB575B #DB9557 #DBD757

triadic

#DB9557 #57DB95 #9557DB

tetradic

#DB9557 #5BDB57 #579DDB #D757DB

square

#DB9557 #5BDB57 #579DDB #D757DB

split-complementary

#DB9557 #57DBD7 #575BDB

monochromatic

#975820 #CA762B #DB9557 #E6B589 #F1D5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#DB9557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#DB9557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9557

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9557	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 149, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.115 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab488',
    500: '#db9557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9557;
$custom-light: #eab488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.182,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72695,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.37243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9557

secondary

#ADC8E0

accent

#99E840

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9557

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

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