#D09E28#D09E28

#D09E28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.138 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D09E28
RGB	rgb(208, 158, 40)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 80.8%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 8.13, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 64.11, 82.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0155 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.138 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6249, 38.0197, 7.3113)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D09E28 #285AD0

analogous

#D04A28 #D09E28 #AED028

triadic

#D09E28 #28D09E #9E28D0

tetradic

#D09E28 #28D04A #285AD0 #D028AE

square

#D09E28 #28D04A #285AD0 #D028AE

split-complementary

#D09E28 #28AED0 #4A28D0

monochromatic

#695014 #9D771E #D09E28 #DFB657 #E8CC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#D09E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#D09E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D09E28

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D09E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D09E28	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E28E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d09e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 158, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.138 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4ba6d',
    500: '#d09e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d09e28;
$custom-light: #e4ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d09e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.143,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72744,
    "c": 0.13803,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D09E28

secondary

#829AD2

accent

#71EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#171107

muted

#85807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #D09E28

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

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