#DB9E3B#DB9E3B

#DB9E3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.133 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9E3B
RGB	rgb(219, 158, 59)
HSL	hsl(37, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 73.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 13.65, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 59.72, 76.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.033 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.133 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2326, 39.8330, 9.6011)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9E3B #3B78DB

analogous

#DB4E3B #DB9E3B #C8DB3B

triadic

#DB9E3B #3BDB9E #9E3BDB

tetradic

#DB9E3B #3BDB4E #3B78DB #DB3BC8

square

#DB9E3B #3BDB4E #3B78DB #DB3BC8

split-complementary

#DB9E3B #3BC8DB #4E3BDB

monochromatic

#835B18 #B77E22 #DB9E3B #E4B86F #EED1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DB9E3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#DB9E3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9E3B

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9E3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9E3B	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 158, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.133 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba77',
    500: '#db9e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9e3b;
$custom-light: #ebba77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.125,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74079,
    "c": 0.13312,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9E3B

secondary

#97B1DB

accent

#7FEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9E3B

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

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