#DB9E40#DB9E40

#DB9E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.130 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9E40
RGB	rgb(219, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 13.89, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 57.74, 76.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.0343 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.13 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3685, 39.8874, 10.3171)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9E40 #407DDB

analogous

#DB5040 #DB9E40 #CBDB40

triadic

#DB9E40 #40DB9E #9E40DB

tetradic

#DB9E40 #40DB50 #407DDB #DB40CB

square

#DB9E40 #40DB50 #407DDB #DB40CB

split-complementary

#DB9E40 #40CBDB #5040DB

monochromatic

#875C19 #BB7F23 #DB9E40 #E5B873 #EED2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DB9E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#DB9E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9E40

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9E40	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.130 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba7a',
    500: '#db9e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9e40;
$custom-light: #ebba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.387,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74122,
    "c": 0.1301,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9E40

secondary

#9BB5DC

accent

#81EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9E40

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

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