#DB9B42#DB9B42

#DB9B42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.129 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9B42
RGB	rgb(219, 155, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 15.61, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 56.61, 74.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0396 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.129 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9210, 38.8996, 10.4537)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9B42 #4282DB

analogous

#DB4E42 #DB9B42 #CEDB42

triadic

#DB9B42 #42DB9B #9B42DB

tetradic

#DB9B42 #42DB4E #4282DB #DB42CE

square

#DB9B42 #42DB4E #4282DB #DB42CE

split-complementary

#DB9B42 #42CEDB #4E42DB

monochromatic

#895A1A #BC7C24 #DB9B42 #E5B675 #EFD1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DB9B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#DB9B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9B42

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9B42	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 155, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.129 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb87b',
    500: '#db9b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9b42;
$custom-light: #ebb87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.902,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73572,
    "c": 0.12866,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9B42

secondary

#9DB7DC

accent

#86EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9B42

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

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