#DB9974#DB9974

#DB9974 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.094 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9974
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 116)
HSL	hsl(22, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(22, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 47%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 20.44, 29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 35.74, 55.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0605 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.094 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7592, 39.1067, 21.7632)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9974 #74B6DB

analogous

#DB7482 #DB9974 #DBCC74

triadic

#DB9974 #74DB99 #9974DB

tetradic

#DB9974 #82DB74 #74B6DB #CC74DB

square

#DB9974 #82DB74 #74B6DB #CC74DB

split-complementary

#DB9974 #74DBCC #7482DB

monochromatic

#A9592C #CE7543 #DB9974 #E8BDA5 #F4E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DB9974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#DB9974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9974

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9974	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.094 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b79c',
    500: '#db9974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9974;
$custom-light: #e9b79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.553,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73892,
    "c": 0.09428,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9974

secondary

#C4DAE7

accent

#8AC61F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110E

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9974

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

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