#D09D42#D09D42

#D09D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.123 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D09D42
RGB	rgb(208, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 9.82, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 54.19, 79.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0234 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.123 79)
XYZ	xyz(39.0552, 37.9200, 10.4155)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D09D42 #4275D0

analogous

#D05642 #D09D42 #BCD042

triadic

#D09D42 #42D09D #9D42D0

tetradic

#D09D42 #42D056 #4275D0 #D042BC

square

#D09D42 #42D056 #4275D0 #D042BC

split-complementary

#D09D42 #42BCD0 #5642D0

monochromatic

#79591E #AA7C2A #D09D42 #DCB673 #E8D0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#D09D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#D09D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D09D42

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D09D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D09D42	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E18E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d09d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.123 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3b97b',
    500: '#d09d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d09d42;
$custom-light: #e3b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d09d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.451,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72743,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.37917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D09D42

secondary

#99AED5

accent

#7EE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D09D42

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

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