#DB997E#DB997E

#DB997E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.088 H 43.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB997E
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(17, 56%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(17, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 42.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, 21.48, 24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 32.28, 48.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% 0.0645 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.088 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3725, 39.3520, 24.9932)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB997E #7EC0DB

analogous

#DB7E92 #DB997E #DBC77E

triadic

#DB997E #7EDB99 #997EDB

tetradic

#DB997E #92DB7E #7EC0DB #C77EDB

square

#DB997E #92DB7E #7EC0DB #C77EDB

split-complementary

#DB997E #7EDBC7 #7E92DB

monochromatic

#AE5531 #CE734E #DB997E #E8BFAE #F6E5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DB997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#DB997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB997E

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB997E	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA07C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.088 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b7a3',
    500: '#db997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db997e;
$custom-light: #e8b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.419,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74087,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB997E

secondary

#CCE0E9

accent

#95C422

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB997E

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

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