#D09838#D09838

#D09838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.128 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D09838
RGB	rgb(208, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 73.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 12.00, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 57.54, 77.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0285 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.128 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9570, 36.1549, 8.7201)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D09838 #3870D0

analogous

#D04C38 #D09838 #BCD038

triadic

#D09838 #38D098 #9838D0

tetradic

#D09838 #38D04C #3870D0 #D038BC

square

#D09838 #38D04C #3870D0 #D038BC

split-complementary

#D09838 #38BCD0 #4C38D0

monochromatic

#73521B #A47627 #D09838 #DCB26A #E7CB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#D09838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#D09838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D09838

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D09838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D09838	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E28984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d09838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.128 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3b674',
    500: '#d09838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d09838;
$custom-light: #e3b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d09838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71681,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D09838

secondary

#91A9D3

accent

#7FE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D09838

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

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