#DB9842#DB9842

#DB9842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.129 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9842
RGB	rgb(219, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 17.22, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 56.35, 72.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0443 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.129 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4279, 37.9134, 10.2893)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9842 #4285DB

analogous

#DB4B42 #DB9842 #D2DB42

triadic

#DB9842 #42DB98 #9842DB

tetradic

#DB9842 #42DB4B #4285DB #DB42D2

square

#DB9842 #42DB4B #4285DB #DB42D2

split-complementary

#DB9842 #42D2DB #4B42DB

monochromatic

#89581A #BC7924 #DB9842 #E5B475 #EFD0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#DB9842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#DB9842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9842

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9842	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.129 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb67a',
    500: '#db9842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9842;
$custom-light: #ebb67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.725,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7301,
    "c": 0.12866,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9842

secondary

#9DB8DC

accent

#89EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9842

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

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