#DB9C42#DB9C42

#DB9C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.129 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9C42
RGB	rgb(219, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 15.07, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 56.71, 74.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.038 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.129 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0881, 39.2338, 10.5094)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9C42 #4281DB

analogous

#DB4F42 #DB9C42 #CDDB42

triadic

#DB9C42 #42DB9C #9C42DB

tetradic

#DB9C42 #42DB4F #4281DB #DB42CD

square

#DB9C42 #42DB4F #4281DB #DB42CD

split-complementary

#DB9C42 #42CDDB #4F42DB

monochromatic

#895B1A #BC7D24 #DB9C42 #E5B775 #EFD2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DB9C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#DB9C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9C42

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9C42	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.129 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb97b',
    500: '#db9c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9c42;
$custom-light: #ebb97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73761,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9C42

secondary

#9DB7DC

accent

#85EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9C42

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

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