#D09C27#D09C27

#D09C27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.138 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D09C27
RGB	rgb(208, 156, 39)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 81.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 9.17, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 64.14, 81.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% 0.0184 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.138 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2697, 37.3363, 7.1101)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D09C27 #275BD0

analogous

#D04727 #D09C27 #AFD027

triadic

#D09C27 #27D09C #9C27D0

tetradic

#D09C27 #27D047 #275BD0 #D027AF

square

#D09C27 #27D047 #275BD0 #D027AF

split-complementary

#D09C27 #27AFD0 #4727D0

monochromatic

#694F14 #9C751D #D09C27 #DFB555 #E9CB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#D09C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#D09C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D09C27

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D09C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D09C27	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E28C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d09c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 156, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.138 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4b86c',
    500: '#d09c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d09c27;
$custom-light: #e4b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d09c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72345,
    "c": 0.13791,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D09C27

secondary

#809AD2

accent

#72EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#171107

muted

#85807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #D09C27

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

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