#DB9D42#DB9D42

#DB9D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.129 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9D42
RGB	rgb(219, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 14.53, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 56.82, 75.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.0364 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.129 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.2566, 39.5708, 10.5656)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9D42 #4280DB

analogous

#DB5042 #DB9D42 #CDDB42

triadic

#DB9D42 #42DB9D #9D42DB

tetradic

#DB9D42 #42DB50 #4280DB #DB42CD

square

#DB9D42 #42DB50 #4280DB #DB42CD

split-complementary

#DB9D42 #42CDDB #5042DB

monochromatic

#895C1A #BC7E24 #DB9D42 #E5B875 #EFD2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DB9D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#DB9D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9D42

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9D42	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.129 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb97b',
    500: '#db9d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9d42;
$custom-light: #ebb97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.686,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7395,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9D42

secondary

#9DB6DC

accent

#83EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9D42

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

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