#DB9872#DB9872

#DB9872 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.096 H 50.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9872
RGB	rgb(219, 152, 114)
HSL	hsl(22, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(22, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 47.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 20.79, 30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 36.54, 55.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.0614 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.096 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4811, 38.7347, 21.1028)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9872 #72B5DB

analogous

#DB7281 #DB9872 #DBCC72

triadic

#DB9872 #72DB98 #9872DB

tetradic

#DB9872 #81DB72 #72B5DB #CC72DB

square

#DB9872 #81DB72 #72B5DB #CC72DB

split-complementary

#DB9872 #72DBCC #7281DB

monochromatic

#A8582B #CF7441 #DB9872 #E7BCA3 #F4DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DB9872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#DB9872 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9872

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9872	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 152, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.096 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b69b',
    500: '#db9872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9872;
$custom-light: #e9b69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73672,
    "c": 0.09605,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9872

secondary

#C3D9E6

accent

#8AC71F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110E

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9872

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

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