#D09D27#D09D27

#D09D27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.138 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D09D27
RGB	rgb(208, 157, 39)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 81.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 8.64, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 64.28, 82.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0168 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.138 83)
XYZ	xyz(38.4382, 37.6733, 7.1663)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D09D27 #275AD0

analogous

#D04827 #D09D27 #AFD027

triadic

#D09D27 #27D09D #9D27D0

tetradic

#D09D27 #27D048 #275AD0 #D027AF

square

#D09D27 #27D048 #275AD0 #D027AF

split-complementary

#D09D27 #27AFD0 #4827D0

monochromatic

#694F14 #9C761D #D09D27 #DFB555 #E9CC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#D09D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#D09D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D09D27

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D09D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D09D27	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E28D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d09d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 157, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.138 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4b96c',
    500: '#d09d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d09d27;
$custom-light: #e4b96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d09d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.893,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72542,
    "c": 0.13819,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.3767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D09D27

secondary

#8099D2

accent

#71EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#171107

muted

#85807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #D09D27

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

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