HEX Color #DB7C24 (Chocolate)

About #DB7C24

The hex code #DB7C24 represents a beautifully specific shade of orange. Its closest recognized web color is Chocolate. Its digital footprint relies on 219 parts red, 124 parts green, and 36 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 43% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 28.9° hue, 71.8% saturation, and 50.0% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#DB7C24

RGB219, 124, 36

HSL28.9°, 71.8%, 50.0%

CMYK0%, 43%, 84%, 14%

HSV28.9°, 83.6%, 85.9%

LAB61.3, 31.0, 59.6

XYZ36.7, 29.6, 5.4

Decimal14384164

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#DB7C24 #2482DB

Analogous

#DB2427 #DBD724

Triadic

#24DB7C #7B24DB

Tetradic

#27DB24 #2482DB #D724DB

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#DB7C24

#DF8A3C

#E39954

#E7A76D

#EBB685

#EFC49D

#F3D3B6

#F7E1CE

#FBF0E6

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#DB7C24

#C26E20

#AA601C

#925218

#794414

#613710

#49290C

#301B08

#180D04

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.03:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

6.92:1

Text on #000000

AA

2.90:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

5.88:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #DB7C24; }

.text-color { color: #DB7C24; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #DB7C24; }

Similar Colors

Chocolate

#D2691E