#DBA538#DBA538

#DBA538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.136 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBA538
RGB	rgb(219, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, 9.77, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 61.81, 80.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.0213 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.136 81)
XYZ	xyz(43.3852, 42.2591, 9.6124)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBA538 #386EDB

analogous

#DB5438 #DBA538 #C0DB38

triadic

#DBA538 #38DBA5 #A538DB

tetradic

#DBA538 #38DB54 #386EDB #DB38C0

square

#DBA538 #38DB54 #386EDB #DB38C0

split-complementary

#DBA538 #38C0DB #5438DB

monochromatic

#815E17 #B58421 #DBA538 #E4BC6C #EED4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#DBA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#DBA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBA538

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBA538	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dba538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.136 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf76',
    500: '#dba538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dba538;
$custom-light: #ebbf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dba538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.123,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75402,
    "c": 0.13621,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.42256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBA538

secondary

#95ACDA

accent

#76EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBA538

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

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