#DB9F40#DB9F40

#DB9F40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.130 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB9F40
RGB	rgb(219, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 13.36, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 57.86, 76.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% 0.0327 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.13 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5398, 40.2299, 10.3742)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB9F40 #407CDB

analogous

#DB5140 #DB9F40 #CADB40

triadic

#DB9F40 #40DB9F #9F40DB

tetradic

#DB9F40 #40DB51 #407CDB #DB40CA

square

#DB9F40 #40DB51 #407CDB #DB40CA

split-complementary

#DB9F40 #40CADB #5140DB

monochromatic

#875D19 #BB8023 #DB9F40 #E5B973 #EED3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DB9F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#DB9F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DB9F40

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB9F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB9F40	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db9f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.130 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbb7a',
    500: '#db9f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db9f40;
$custom-light: #ebbb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db9f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.774,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74312,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB9F40

secondary

#9BB4DC

accent

#80EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB9F40

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

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