#DBB557#DBB557

#DBB557 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.121 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB557
RGB	rgb(219, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, 3.03, 52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 52.15, 86.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% 0.0056 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.121 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4599, 48.7987, 15.9343)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB557 #577DDB

analogous

#DB7357 #DBB557 #BFDB57

triadic

#DBB557 #57DBB5 #B557DB

tetradic

#DBB557 #57DB73 #577DDB #DB57BF

square

#DBB557 #57DB73 #577DDB #DB57BF

split-complementary

#DBB557 #57BFDB #7357DB

monochromatic

#977520 #CA9C2B #DBB557 #E6CB89 #F1E1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DBB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#DBB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB557

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB557	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.121 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca89',
    500: '#dbb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb557;
$custom-light: #e9ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.727,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78847,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB557

secondary

#ADBCE0

accent

#70E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB557

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

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