#DBA938#DBA938

#DBA938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.137 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBA938
RGB	rgb(219, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 7.63, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 62.47, 82.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.0151 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.137 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1180, 43.7247, 9.8567)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBA938 #386ADB

analogous

#DB5838 #DBA938 #BCDB38

triadic

#DBA938 #38DBA9 #A938DB

tetradic

#DBA938 #38DB58 #386ADB #DB38BC

square

#DBA938 #38DB58 #386ADB #DB38BC

split-complementary

#DBA938 #38BCDB #5838DB

monochromatic

#816117 #B58821 #DBA938 #E4BF6C #EED6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DBA938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#DBA938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBA938

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBA938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBA938	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dba938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.137 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc276',
    500: '#dba938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dba938;
$custom-light: #ebc276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dba938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.595,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76183,
    "c": 0.13744,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBA938

secondary

#95AADA

accent

#72EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBA938

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

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