#DB997D#DB997D

#DB997D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.089 H 43.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB997D
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(18, 57%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(18, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 42.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 21.37, 24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 32.60, 49.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.0641 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.089 43.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3083, 39.3263, 24.6551)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB997D #7DBFDB

analogous

#DB7D90 #DB997D #DBC87D

triadic

#DB997D #7DDB99 #997DDB

tetradic

#DB997D #90DB7D #7DBFDB #C87DDB

square

#DB997D #90DB7D #7DBFDB #C87DDB

split-complementary

#DB997D #7DDBC8 #7D90DB

monochromatic

#AE5530 #CE734D #DB997D #E8BFAD #F6E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DB997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#DB997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB997D

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB997D	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)

#AAA07B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AE7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.089 43.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b7a2',
    500: '#db997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db997d;
$custom-light: #e8b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.872,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74067,
    "c": 0.08891,
    "h": 43.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB997D

secondary

#CBE0E9

accent

#94C421

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F3

border

#D5D0CD

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB997D

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

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