#D09D51#D09D51

#D09D51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D09D51
RGB	rgb(208, 157, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 61.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 10.76, 46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 47.62, 76.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0282 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.111 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5568, 38.1207, 13.0576)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D09D51 #5184D0

analogous

#D05E51 #D09D51 #C3D051

triadic

#D09D51 #51D09D #9D51D0

tetradic

#D09D51 #51D05E #5184D0 #D051C3

square

#D09D51 #51D05E #5184D0 #D051C3

split-complementary

#D09D51 #51C3D0 #5E51D0

monochromatic

#835D23 #B37F30 #D09D51 #DDB881 #EAD3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#D09D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#D09D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D09D51

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D09D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D09D51	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E18F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d09d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 157, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2b984',
    500: '#d09d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d09d51;
$custom-light: #e2b984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d09d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.906,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72906,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D09D51

secondary

#A4B9D8

accent

#85E147

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D09D51

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

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