#DB9857#DB9857

#DB9857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.115 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9857
RGB	rgb(219, 152, 87)
HSL	hsl(30, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 18.52, 43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 47.53, 67.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0512 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.115 63.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1646, 38.2081, 14.1692)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9857 #579ADB

analogous

#DB5758 #DB9857 #DBDA57

triadic

#DB9857 #57DB98 #9857DB

tetradic

#DB9857 #58DB57 #579ADB #DA57DB

square

#DB9857 #58DB57 #579ADB #DA57DB

split-complementary

#DB9857 #57DBDA #5758DB

monochromatic

#975B20 #CA792B #DB9857 #E6B789 #F1D6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#DB9857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#DB9857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9857

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9857	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 152, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.115 63.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab688',
    500: '#db9857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9857;
$custom-light: #eab688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73248,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 63.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9857

secondary

#ADC7E0

accent

#95E840

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9857

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

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