#DB9959#DB9959

#DB9959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.113 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9959
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, 18.12, 43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 46.73, 67.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0503 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.113 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4104, 38.5672, 14.6598)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9959 #599BDB

analogous

#DB595A #DB9959 #DBDA59

triadic

#DB9959 #59DB99 #9959DB

tetradic

#DB9959 #5ADB59 #599BDB #DA59DB

square

#DB9959 #5ADB59 #599BDB #DA59DB

split-complementary

#DB9959 #59DBDA #595ADB

monochromatic

#995C21 #CB7A2C #DB9959 #E6B88B #F1D7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DB9959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#DB9959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9959

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9959	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.113 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab789',
    500: '#db9959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9959;
$custom-light: #eab789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.538,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73461,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9959

secondary

#AFC8E1

accent

#74CC19

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9959

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

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