#DB997B#DB997B

#DB997B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.090 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB997B
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(19, 57%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(19, 44%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 43.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 21.16, 25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 33.27, 50.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% 0.0633 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.09 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1818, 39.2757, 23.9890)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB997B #7BBDDB

analogous

#DB7B8D #DB997B #DBC97B

triadic

#DB997B #7BDB99 #997BDB

tetradic

#DB997B #8DDB7B #7BBDDB #C97BDB

square

#DB997B #8DDB7B #7BBDDB #C97BDB

split-complementary

#DB997B #7BDBC9 #7B8DDB

monochromatic

#AD562F #CE744B #DB997B #E8BEAB #F5E3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DB997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#DB997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB997B

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB997B	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.090 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b7a1',
    500: '#db997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db997b;
$custom-light: #e8b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.75,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74027,
    "c": 0.09003,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB997B

secondary

#CADFE8

accent

#91C521

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110F

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB997B

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

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