#DB9836#DB9836

#DB9836 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.136 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9836
RGB	rgb(219, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 75.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 16.65, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 61.04, 74.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0411 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.136 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1105, 37.7865, 8.6177)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9836 #3679DB

analogous

#DB4536 #DB9836 #CCDB36

triadic

#DB9836 #36DB98 #9836DB

tetradic

#DB9836 #36DB45 #3679DB #DB36CC

square

#DB9836 #36DB45 #3679DB #DB36CC

split-complementary

#DB9836 #36CCDB #4536DB

monochromatic

#805517 #B47820 #DB9836 #E4B36A #EECD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#DB9836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#DB9836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9836

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9836	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.136 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb673',
    500: '#db9836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9836;
$custom-light: #ebb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.636,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72907,
    "c": 0.13557,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9836

secondary

#93B0DA

accent

#83EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9836

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

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