#DBA242#DBA242

#DBA242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.129 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBA242
RGB	rgb(219, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, 11.85, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 57.44, 78.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0286 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.129 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1199, 41.2974, 10.8533)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBA242 #427BDB

analogous

#DB5542 #DBA242 #C7DB42

triadic

#DBA242 #42DBA2 #A242DB

tetradic

#DBA242 #42DB55 #427BDB #DB42C7

square

#DBA242 #42DB55 #427BDB #DB42C7

split-complementary

#DBA242 #42C7DB #5542DB

monochromatic

#895F1A #BC8324 #DBA242 #E5BB75 #EFD5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#DBA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#DBA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBA242

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBA242	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dba242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.129 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd7b',
    500: '#dba242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dba242;
$custom-light: #ebbd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dba242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74905,
    "c": 0.12941,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBA242

secondary

#9DB4DC

accent

#7EEB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBA242

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

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