#D09B38#D09B38

#D09B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.129 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D09B38
RGB	rgb(208, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 73.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, 10.38, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 57.95, 79.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0238 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.129 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4501, 37.1410, 8.8844)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D09B38 #386DD0

analogous

#D04F38 #D09B38 #B9D038

triadic

#D09B38 #38D09B #9B38D0

tetradic

#D09B38 #38D04F #386DD0 #D038B9

square

#D09B38 #38D04F #386DD0 #D038B9

split-complementary

#D09B38 #38B9D0 #4F38D0

monochromatic

#73541B #A47827 #D09B38 #DCB46A #E7CD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#D09B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#D09B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D09B38

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D09B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D09B38	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E28C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d09b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.129 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3b875',
    500: '#d09b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d09b38;
$custom-light: #e3b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d09b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.079,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72264,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D09B38

secondary

#91A8D3

accent

#7BE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D09B38

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

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