#D09D38#D09D38

#D09D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.129 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D09D38
RGB	rgb(208, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 73.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 9.30, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 58.26, 80.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.0206 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.129 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7857, 37.8122, 8.9963)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D09D38 #386BD0

analogous

#D05138 #D09D38 #B7D038

triadic

#D09D38 #38D09D #9D38D0

tetradic

#D09D38 #38D051 #386BD0 #D038B7

square

#D09D38 #38D051 #386BD0 #D038B7

split-complementary

#D09D38 #38B7D0 #5138D0

monochromatic

#73551B #A47A27 #D09D38 #DCB56A #E7CE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#D09D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#D09D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D09D38

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D09D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D09D38	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)

#B29E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E28E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d09d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.129 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3b975',
    500: '#d09d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d09d38;
$custom-light: #e3b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d09d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.868,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72655,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D09D38

secondary

#91A7D3

accent

#79E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D09D38

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

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