#DBB255#DBB255

#DBB255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.121 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB255
RGB	rgb(219, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, 4.47, 52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 52.31, 85.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% 0.0096 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.121 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.7759, 47.5595, 15.3087)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB255 #557EDB

analogous

#DB6F55 #DBB255 #C1DB55

triadic

#DBB255 #55DBB2 #B255DB

tetradic

#DBB255 #55DB6F #557EDB #DB55C1

square

#DBB255 #55DB6F #557EDB #DB55C1

split-complementary

#DBB255 #55C1DB #6F55DB

monochromatic

#967220 #C8982A #DBB255 #E6C988 #F0E0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DBB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#DBB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB255

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB255	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.121 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c888',
    500: '#dbb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb255;
$custom-light: #e9c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.642,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78227,
    "c": 0.12079,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB255

secondary

#ACBCE0

accent

#73E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB255

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

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