#DB9972#DB9972

#DB9972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.096 H 51.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9972
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(22, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(22, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 47.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 20.25, 30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 36.49, 56.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0597 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.096 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6441, 39.0607, 21.1571)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9972 #72B4DB

analogous

#DB727F #DB9972 #DBCE72

triadic

#DB9972 #72DB99 #9972DB

tetradic

#DB9972 #7FDB72 #72B4DB #CE72DB

square

#DB9972 #7FDB72 #72B4DB #CE72DB

split-complementary

#DB9972 #72DBCE #727FDB

monochromatic

#A8592B #CF7641 #DB9972 #E7BCA3 #F4E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DB9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#DB9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9972

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9972	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.096 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b79b',
    500: '#db9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9972;
$custom-light: #e9b79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73856,
    "c": 0.09557,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9972

secondary

#C3D9E6

accent

#88C71F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110E

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9972

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

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