#DB9E3E#DB9E3E

#DB9E3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.131 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9E3E
RGB	rgb(219, 158, 62)
HSL	hsl(37, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 71.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 13.79, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 58.54, 76.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.0338 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.131 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3127, 39.8650, 10.0227)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9E3E #3E7BDB

analogous

#DB503E #DB9E3E #C9DB3E

triadic

#DB9E3E #3EDB9E #9E3EDB

tetradic

#DB9E3E #3EDB50 #3E7BDB #DB3EC9

square

#DB9E3E #3EDB50 #3E7BDB #DB3EC9

split-complementary

#DB9E3E #3EC9DB #503EDB

monochromatic

#865B19 #B97F23 #DB9E3E #E5B872 #EED2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DB9E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#DB9E3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9E3E

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9E3E	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)

#B4A132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 158, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.131 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba78',
    500: '#db9e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9e3e;
$custom-light: #ebba78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.688,
    "s": 68.559,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74104,
    "c": 0.13133,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9E3E

secondary

#99B3DB

accent

#80EB3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9E3E

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

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