#D09938#D09938

#D09938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.128 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D09938
RGB	rgb(208, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 73.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 11.46, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 57.67, 78.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0269 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.128 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1200, 36.4809, 8.7744)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D09938 #386FD0

analogous

#D04D38 #D09938 #BBD038

triadic

#D09938 #38D099 #9938D0

tetradic

#D09938 #38D04D #386FD0 #D038BB

square

#D09938 #38D04D #386FD0 #D038BB

split-complementary

#D09938 #38BBD0 #4D38D0

monochromatic

#73531B #A47727 #D09938 #DCB26A #E7CC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#D09938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#D09938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D09938

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D09938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D09938	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E28A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d09938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.128 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3b674',
    500: '#d09938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d09938;
$custom-light: #e3b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d09938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.289,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71875,
    "c": 0.12828,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D09938

secondary

#91A9D3

accent

#7EE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D09938

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

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