#DBAE57#DBAE57

#DBAE57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.117 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBAE57
RGB	rgb(219, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, 6.73, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 50.50, 82.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% 0.0164 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.117 82)
XYZ	xyz(46.0722, 46.0232, 15.4717)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBAE57 #5784DB

analogous

#DB6C57 #DBAE57 #C6DB57

triadic

#DBAE57 #57DBAE #AE57DB

tetradic

#DBAE57 #57DB6C #5784DB #DB57C6

square

#DBAE57 #57DB6C #5784DB #DB57C6

split-complementary

#DBAE57 #57C6DB #6C57DB

monochromatic

#976F20 #CA942B #DBAE57 #E6C689 #F1DFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DBAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#DBAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBAE57

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBAE57	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.117 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c589',
    500: '#dbae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbae57;
$custom-light: #e9c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77459,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.4602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBAE57

secondary

#ADBFE0

accent

#79E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBAE57

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

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