#DBA257#DBA257

#DBA257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.114 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBA257
RGB	rgb(219, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, 13.14, 46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 48.43, 74.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% 0.0352 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.114 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8566, 41.5920, 14.7332)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBA257 #5790DB

analogous

#DB6057 #DBA257 #D2DB57

triadic

#DBA257 #57DBA2 #A257DB

tetradic

#DBA257 #57DB60 #5790DB #DB57D2

square

#DBA257 #57DB60 #5790DB #DB57D2

split-complementary

#DBA257 #57D2DB #6057DB

monochromatic

#976420 #CA852B #DBA257 #E6BE89 #F1DABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#DBA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#DBA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBA257

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBA257	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dba257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.114 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabd88',
    500: '#dba257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dba257;
$custom-light: #eabd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dba257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.091,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75131,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBA257

secondary

#ADC3E0

accent

#88E840

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBA257

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

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