#DB996E#DB996E

#DB996E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.098 H 53.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB996E
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(24, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(24, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 49.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 19.87, 32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 38.03, 58.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0582 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.098 53.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4214, 38.9716, 19.9841)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB996E #6EB0DB

analogous

#DB6E7A #DB996E #DBD06E

triadic

#DB996E #6EDB99 #996EDB

tetradic

#DB996E #7ADB6E #6EB0DB #D06EDB

square

#DB996E #7ADB6E #6EB0DB #D06EDB

split-complementary

#DB996E #6EDBD0 #6E7ADB

monochromatic

#A65A29 #CF773D #DB996E #E7BB9F #F3DED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DB996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#DB996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB996E

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB996E	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9F6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAD6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.098 53.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b798',
    500: '#db996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db996e;
$custom-light: #e9b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.67,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73785,
    "c": 0.09824,
    "h": 53.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB996E

secondary

#C0D6E5

accent

#85C81E

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110D

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB996E

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

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