#DBAE42#DBAE42

#DBAE42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.133 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBAE42
RGB	rgb(219, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, 5.45, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 59.54, 84.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% 0.01 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.133 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.3355, 45.7285, 11.5919)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBAE42 #426FDB

analogous

#DB6142 #DBAE42 #BBDB42

triadic

#DBAE42 #42DBAE #AE42DB

tetradic

#DBAE42 #42DB61 #426FDB #DB42BB

square

#DBAE42 #42DB61 #426FDB #DB42BB

split-complementary

#DBAE42 #42BBDB #6142DB

monochromatic

#89681A #BC8F24 #DBAE42 #E5C475 #EFDAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DBAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#DBAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBAE42

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBAE42	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.133 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac57c',
    500: '#dbae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbae42;
$custom-light: #eac57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77247,
    "c": 0.13314,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBAE42

secondary

#9DAFDC

accent

#70EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBAE42

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

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