#D09C42#D09C42

#D09C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.122 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D09C42
RGB	rgb(208, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, 10.36, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 54.03, 78.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% 0.025 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.122 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8867, 37.5831, 10.3593)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D09C42 #4276D0

analogous

#D05542 #D09C42 #BDD042

triadic

#D09C42 #42D09C #9C42D0

tetradic

#D09C42 #42D055 #4276D0 #D042BD

square

#D09C42 #42D055 #4276D0 #D042BD

split-complementary

#D09C42 #42BDD0 #5542D0

monochromatic

#79581E #AA7C2A #D09C42 #DCB673 #E8CFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#D09C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#D09C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D09C42

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D09C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D09C42	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E18D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d09c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.122 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3b97b',
    500: '#d09c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d09c42;
$custom-light: #e3b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d09c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.028,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72547,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D09C42

secondary

#99AFD5

accent

#7FE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D09C42

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

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