#DBAE59#DBAE59

#DBAE59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.116 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBAE59
RGB	rgb(219, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(39, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, 6.87, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 49.59, 82.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% 0.0171 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.116 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1550, 46.0563, 15.9080)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBAE59 #5986DB

analogous

#DB6D59 #DBAE59 #C7DB59

triadic

#DBAE59 #59DBAE #AE59DB

tetradic

#DBAE59 #59DB6D #5986DB #DB59C7

square

#DBAE59 #59DB6D #5986DB #DB59C7

split-complementary

#DBAE59 #59C7DB #6D59DB

monochromatic

#996F21 #CB942C #DBAE59 #E6C78B #F1DFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DBAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#DBAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBAE59

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBAE59	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.116 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c68a',
    500: '#dbae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbae59;
$custom-light: #e9c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.231,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77482,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBAE59

secondary

#AFC0E1

accent

#57CC19

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBAE59

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

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