#DBA638#DBA638

#DBA638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.136 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBA638
RGB	rgb(219, 166, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, 9.23, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 61.96, 81.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% 0.0198 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.136 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5663, 42.6213, 9.6728)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBA638 #386DDB

analogous

#DB5538 #DBA638 #BFDB38

triadic

#DBA638 #38DBA6 #A638DB

tetradic

#DBA638 #38DB55 #386DDB #DB38BF

square

#DBA638 #38DB55 #386DDB #DB38BF

split-complementary

#DBA638 #38BFDB #5538DB

monochromatic

#815F17 #B58521 #DBA638 #E4BD6C #EED4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DBA638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#DBA638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBA638

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBA638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBA638	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dba638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 166, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.136 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc076',
    500: '#dba638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dba638;
$custom-light: #ebc076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dba638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.491,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75597,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBA638

secondary

#95ABDA

accent

#75EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBA638

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

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