#DB997C#DB997C

#DB997C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.089 H 44.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB997C
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(18, 57%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(18, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 43.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, 21.26, 25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 32.93, 49.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.0637 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.089 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2447, 39.3009, 24.3204)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB997C #7CBEDB

analogous

#DB7C8F #DB997C #DBC97C

triadic

#DB997C #7CDB99 #997CDB

tetradic

#DB997C #8FDB7C #7CBEDB #C97CDB

square

#DB997C #8FDB7C #7CBEDB #C97CDB

split-complementary

#DB997C #7CDBC9 #7C8FDB

monochromatic

#AD5630 #CE744C #DB997C #E8BEAC #F5E4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DB997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#DB997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB997C

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB997C	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA07A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.089 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b7a2',
    500: '#db997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db997c;
$custom-light: #e8b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.316,
    "s": 56.886,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74047,
    "c": 0.08946,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB997C

secondary

#CADFE8

accent

#93C421

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110F

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB997C

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

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