#DBA042#DBA042

#DBA042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.129 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBA042
RGB	rgb(219, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, 12.92, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 57.17, 76.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0317 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.129 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7704, 40.5984, 10.7368)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBA042 #427DDB

analogous

#DB5342 #DBA042 #C9DB42

triadic

#DBA042 #42DBA0 #A042DB

tetradic

#DBA042 #42DB53 #427DDB #DB42C9

square

#DBA042 #42DB53 #427DDB #DB42C9

split-complementary

#DBA042 #42C9DB #5342DB

monochromatic

#895E1A #BC8124 #DBA042 #E5BA75 #EFD4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#DBA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#DBA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBA042

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBA042	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dba042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.129 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbc7b',
    500: '#dba042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dba042;
$custom-light: #ebbc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dba042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.863,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74521,
    "c": 0.12908,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBA042

secondary

#9DB5DC

accent

#80EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBA042

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

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