#DBA856#DBA856

#DBA856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.116 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBA856
RGB	rgb(219, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, 9.86, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 49.79, 78.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% 0.0254 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.116 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8982, 43.7403, 14.8802)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBA856 #5689DB

analogous

#DB6556 #DBA856 #CCDB56

triadic

#DBA856 #56DBA8 #A856DB

tetradic

#DBA856 #56DB65 #5689DB #DB56CC

square

#DBA856 #56DB65 #5689DB #DB56CC

split-complementary

#DBA856 #56CCDB #6556DB

monochromatic

#976920 #C98C2B #DBA856 #E6C288 #F0DCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DBA856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#DBA856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBA856

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBA856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBA856	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dba856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.116 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac188',
    500: '#dba856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dba856;
$custom-light: #eac188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dba856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.992,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76274,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBA856

secondary

#ADC0E0

accent

#80E840

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBA856

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

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