#DB9D3D#DB9D3D

#DB9D3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.132 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9D3D
RGB	rgb(219, 157, 61)
HSL	hsl(36, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 72.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 14.28, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 58.82, 75.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0351 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.132 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1156, 39.5144, 9.8229)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9D3D #3D7BDB

analogous

#DB4E3D #DB9D3D #CADB3D

triadic

#DB9D3D #3DDB9D #9D3DDB

tetradic

#DB9D3D #3DDB4E #3D7BDB #DB3DCA

square

#DB9D3D #3DDB4E #3D7BDB #DB3DCA

split-complementary

#DB9D3D #3DCADB #4E3DDB

monochromatic

#855A19 #B97E22 #DB9D3D #E5B771 #EED1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DB9D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#DB9D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9D3D

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9D3D	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 157, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.132 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb978',
    500: '#db9d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9d3d;
$custom-light: #ebb978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.456,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73906,
    "c": 0.13183,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9D3D

secondary

#99B3DB

accent

#81EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9D3D

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

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