#DBAD42#DBAD42

#DBAD42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.133 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBAD42
RGB	rgb(219, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, 5.98, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 59.34, 84.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% 0.0115 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.133 85)
XYZ	xyz(45.1430, 45.3436, 11.5277)
Luminance	0.4534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBAD42 #4270DB

analogous

#DB6042 #DBAD42 #BCDB42

triadic

#DBAD42 #42DBAD #AD42DB

tetradic

#DBAD42 #42DB60 #4270DB #DB42BC

square

#DBAD42 #42DB60 #4270DB #DB42BC

split-complementary

#DBAD42 #42BCDB #6042DB

monochromatic

#89671A #BC8E24 #DBAD42 #E5C375 #EFDAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#DBAD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#DBAD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBAD42

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBAD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBAD42	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.133 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac57c',
    500: '#dbad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbad42;
$custom-light: #eac57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.961,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77049,
    "c": 0.13272,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.45341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBAD42

secondary

#9DB0DC

accent

#71EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBAD42

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

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