#DB9879#DB9879

#DB9879 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.092 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9879
RGB	rgb(219, 152, 121)
HSL	hsl(19, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(19, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 44.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 21.49, 26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 34.04, 50.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0641 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.092 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8949, 38.9002, 23.2820)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9879 #79BCDB

analogous

#DB798B #DB9879 #DBC979

triadic

#DB9879 #79DB98 #9879DB

tetradic

#DB9879 #8BDB79 #79BCDB #C979DB

square

#DB9879 #8BDB79 #79BCDB #C979DB

split-complementary

#DB9879 #79DBC9 #798BDB

monochromatic

#AC562E #CE7349 #DB9879 #E8BDA9 #F5E2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DB9879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#DB9879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9879

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9879	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 152, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.092 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b6a0',
    500: '#db9879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9879;
$custom-light: #e9b6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.98,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73805,
    "c": 0.09179,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9879

secondary

#C8DEE8

accent

#91C520

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110E

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9879

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

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