#D09538#D09538

#D09538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.128 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D09538
RGB	rgb(208, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 73.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 13.63, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 57.18, 76.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% 0.0332 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.128 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4763, 35.1934, 8.5598)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D09538 #3873D0

analogous

#D04938 #D09538 #BFD038

triadic

#D09538 #38D095 #9538D0

tetradic

#D09538 #38D049 #3873D0 #D038BF

square

#D09538 #38D049 #3873D0 #D038BF

split-complementary

#D09538 #38BFD0 #4938D0

monochromatic

#73511B #A47327 #D09538 #DCAF6A #E7CA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#D09538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#D09538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D09538

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D09538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D09538	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA982C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E28582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d09538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.128 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3b474',
    500: '#d09538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d09538;
$custom-light: #e3b474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d09538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.711,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71103,
    "c": 0.12771,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D09538

secondary

#91AAD3

accent

#82E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D09538

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

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