#DB9873#DB9873

#DB9873 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.095 H 49.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9873
RGB	rgb(219, 152, 115)
HSL	hsl(21, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(21, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 47.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 20.88, 29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 36.17, 54.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0617 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.095 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5383, 38.7576, 21.4042)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9873 #73B6DB

analogous

#DB7382 #DB9873 #DBCC73

triadic

#DB9873 #73DB98 #9873DB

tetradic

#DB9873 #82DB73 #73B6DB #CC73DB

square

#DB9873 #82DB73 #73B6DB #CC73DB

split-complementary

#DB9873 #73DBCC #7382DB

monochromatic

#A8582B #CE7442 #DB9873 #E8BCA4 #F4E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DB9873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#DB9873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9873

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9873	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)

#AA9F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 152, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.095 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b69b',
    500: '#db9873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9873;
$custom-light: #e9b69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.346,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73691,
    "c": 0.09541,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9873

secondary

#C3DAE6

accent

#8BC71F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110E

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9873

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

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