#DB9940#DB9940

#DB9940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.130 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9940
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, 16.58, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 57.24, 73.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% 0.0422 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.13 71)
XYZ	xyz(41.5330, 38.2162, 10.0385)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9940 #4082DB

analogous

#DB4C40 #DB9940 #CFDB40

triadic

#DB9940 #40DB99 #9940DB

tetradic

#DB9940 #40DB4C #4082DB #DB40CF

square

#DB9940 #40DB4C #4082DB #DB40CF

split-complementary

#DB9940 #40CFDB #4C40DB

monochromatic

#875819 #BB7A23 #DB9940 #E5B473 #EED0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#DB9940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#DB9940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9940

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9940	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)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.130 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb779',
    500: '#db9940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9940;
$custom-light: #ebb779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.452,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73178,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.38213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9940

secondary

#9BB7DC

accent

#87EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9940

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

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