#DB9859#DB9859

#DB9859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.113 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9859
RGB	rgb(219, 152, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(29, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 18.66, 42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 46.68, 66.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0519 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.113 62.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2474, 38.2412, 14.6055)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9859 #599CDB

analogous

#DB595B #DB9859 #DBD959

triadic

#DB9859 #59DB98 #9859DB

tetradic

#DB9859 #5BDB59 #599CDB #D959DB

square

#DB9859 #5BDB59 #599CDB #D959DB

split-complementary

#DB9859 #59DBD9 #595BDB

monochromatic

#995B21 #CB792C #DB9859 #E6B78B #F1D6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#DB9859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#DB9859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9859

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9859	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 152, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.113 62.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab689',
    500: '#db9859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9859;
$custom-light: #eab689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.077,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73275,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 62.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9859

secondary

#AFC9E1

accent

#76CC19

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9859

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

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