#DBB959#DBB959

#DBB959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.121 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB959
RGB	rgb(219, 185, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, 1.07, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 52.32, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% 0.0001 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.121 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3678, 50.4819, 16.6456)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB959 #597BDB

analogous

#DB7859 #DBB959 #BCDB59

triadic

#DBB959 #59DBB9 #B959DB

tetradic

#DBB959 #59DB78 #597BDB #DB59BC

square

#DBB959 #59DB78 #597BDB #DB59BC

split-complementary

#DBB959 #59BCDB #7859DB

monochromatic

#997921 #CBA12C #DBB959 #E6CE8B #F1E3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DBB959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#DBB959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB959

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB959	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 185, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.121 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cd8b',
    500: '#dbb959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb959;
$custom-light: #e9cd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.308,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79671,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB959

secondary

#3B559D

accent

#48CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB959

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

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