#D09438#D09438

#D09438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.128 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D09438
RGB	rgb(208, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 73.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 14.17, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 57.07, 75.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0348 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.128 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3187, 34.8783, 8.5073)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D09438 #3874D0

analogous

#D04838 #D09438 #C0D038

triadic

#D09438 #38D094 #9438D0

tetradic

#D09438 #38D048 #3874D0 #D038C0

square

#D09438 #38D048 #3874D0 #D038C0

split-complementary

#D09438 #38C0D0 #4838D0

monochromatic

#73501B #A47327 #D09438 #DCAF6A #E7C99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#D09438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#D09438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D09438

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D09438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D09438	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E28481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d09438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.128 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3b374',
    500: '#d09438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d09438;
$custom-light: #e3b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d09438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.316,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70912,
    "c": 0.12763,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D09438

secondary

#91ABD3

accent

#83E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D09438

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

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