#DB9942#DB9942

#DB9942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.129 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9942
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 16.68, 53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 56.43, 72.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.0428 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.129 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5909, 38.2394, 10.3437)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9942 #4284DB

analogous

#DB4C42 #DB9942 #D0DB42

triadic

#DB9942 #42DB99 #9942DB

tetradic

#DB9942 #42DB4C #4284DB #DB42D0

square

#DB9942 #42DB4C #4284DB #DB42D0

split-complementary

#DB9942 #42D0DB #4C42DB

monochromatic

#89591A #BC7A24 #DB9942 #E5B575 #EFD0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#DB9942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#DB9942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9942

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9942	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)

#B09D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.129 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb77a',
    500: '#db9942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9942;
$custom-light: #ebb77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.118,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73197,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9942

secondary

#9DB8DC

accent

#88EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9942

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

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