#DB9956#DB9956

#DB9956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.115 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9956
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(30, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 17.91, 44.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 48.01, 68.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0492 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.115 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2870, 38.5178, 14.0098)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9956 #5698DB

analogous

#DB5756 #DB9956 #DADB56

triadic

#DB9956 #56DB99 #9956DB

tetradic

#DB9956 #56DB57 #5698DB #DB56DA

square

#DB9956 #56DB57 #5698DB #DB56DA

split-complementary

#DB9956 #56DADB #5756DB

monochromatic

#975C20 #C97A2B #DB9956 #E6B788 #F0D6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DB9956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#DB9956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9956

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9956	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.115 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab787',
    500: '#db9956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9956;
$custom-light: #eab787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.226,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73421,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9956

secondary

#ADC6E0

accent

#93E840

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9956

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

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