#D09D37#D09D37

#D09D37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.130 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D09D37
RGB	rgb(208, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 73.6%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 9.26, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 58.65, 80.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0204 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.13 81)
XYZ	xyz(38.7615, 37.8026, 8.8688)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D09D37 #376AD0

analogous

#D05137 #D09D37 #B7D037

triadic

#D09D37 #37D09D #9D37D0

tetradic

#D09D37 #37D051 #376AD0 #D037B7

square

#D09D37 #37D051 #376AD0 #D037B7

split-complementary

#D09D37 #37B7D0 #5137D0

monochromatic

#72551B #A37A26 #D09D37 #DCB569 #E7CE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#D09D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#D09D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D09D37

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D09D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D09D37	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E28E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d09d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.130 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3b974',
    500: '#d09d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d09d37;
$custom-light: #e3b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d09d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 61.943,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72647,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D09D37

secondary

#90A6D3

accent

#79E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D09D37

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

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