#DB9F2C#DB9F2C

#DB9F2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.141 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9F2C
RGB	rgb(219, 159, 44)
HSL	hsl(39, 71%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 80%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 79.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, 12.52, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 65.22, 78.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0279 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.141 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0692, 40.0416, 7.8955)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9F2C #2C68DB

analogous

#DB482C #DB9F2C #BFDB2C

triadic

#DB9F2C #2CDB9F #9F2CDB

tetradic

#DB9F2C #2CDB48 #2C68DB #DB2CBF

square

#DB9F2C #2CDB48 #2C68DB #DB2CBF

split-complementary

#DB9F2C #2CBFDB #482CDB

monochromatic

#785614 #AC7B1D #DB9F2C #E4B760 #EDCF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DB9F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#DB9F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9F2C

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9F2C	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 159, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.141 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbb6f',
    500: '#db9f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9f2c;
$custom-light: #ecbb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 70.85,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74165,
    "c": 0.14112,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9F2C

secondary

#8BA5D8

accent

#78EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9F2C

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

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