#DBB261#DBB261

#DBB261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.110 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB261
RGB	rgb(219, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 55.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, 5.36, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 46.81, 83.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% 0.0136 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.11 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2937, 47.7667, 18.0358)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB261 #618ADB

analogous

#DB7561 #DBB261 #C7DB61

triadic

#DBB261 #61DBB2 #B261DB

tetradic

#DBB261 #61DB75 #618ADB #DB61C7

square

#DBB261 #61DB75 #618ADB #DB61C7

split-complementary

#DBB261 #61C7DB #7561DB

monochromatic

#9E7524 #D09A2F #DBB261 #E6CA93 #F2E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DBB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#DBB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB261

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB261	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.110 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c890',
    500: '#dbb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb261;
$custom-light: #e9c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.836,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78372,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB261

secondary

#B5C5E2

accent

#56CB1B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130D

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB261

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

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