#DBA251#DBA251

#DBA251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.119 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBA251
RGB	rgb(219, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, 12.73, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 51.07, 75.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% 0.0332 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.119 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6216, 41.4980, 13.4954)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBA251 #518ADB

analogous

#DB5D51 #DBA251 #CFDB51

triadic

#DBA251 #51DBA2 #A251DB

tetradic

#DBA251 #51DB5D #518ADB #DB51CF

square

#DBA251 #51DB5D #518ADB #DB51CF

split-complementary

#DBA251 #51CFDB #5D51DB

monochromatic

#93631E #C68529 #DBA251 #E5BD84 #F0D8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DBA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#DBA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBA251

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBA251	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dba251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.119 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabd85',
    500: '#dba251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dba251;
$custom-light: #eabd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dba251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.217,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75059,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBA251

secondary

#A9BFDF

accent

#85E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBA251

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

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