#DB997F#DB997F

#DB997F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.088 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB997F
RGB	rgb(219, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(17, 56%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(17, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 42%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, 21.58, 23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 31.97, 47.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0649 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.088 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4373, 39.3780, 25.3348)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB997F #7FC1DB

analogous

#DB7F93 #DB997F #DBC77F

triadic

#DB997F #7FDB99 #997FDB

tetradic

#DB997F #93DB7F #7FC1DB #C77FDB

square

#DB997F #93DB7F #7FC1DB #C77FDB

split-complementary

#DB997F #7FDBC7 #7F93DB

monochromatic

#AF5531 #CE734F #DB997F #E8BFAF #F6E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DB997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#DB997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB997F

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB997F	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)

#AAA07D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AE7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.088 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b7a4',
    500: '#db997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db997f;
$custom-light: #e8b7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.957,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74108,
    "c": 0.08782,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB997F

secondary

#CDE1E9

accent

#96C422

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB997F

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

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