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#d08034

a balanced, vivid orange · warm · closest name: Peru

Token name suggestion: True Apricot

RGB
208, 128, 52
HSL
29°, 62%, 51%
CMYK
0, 39, 75, 18
Luminance
0.2910

#d08034 is a balanced vivid orange, 29° on the wheel and 0/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (6.82:1). As text it scores 3.08:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Peru, nearest Tailwind family is orange.

hsl(29 62% 51%)rgb(208 128 52)Base step 600AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d08034 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d08034
Hue
29°
orange
Saturation
62%
vivid
Lightness
51%
balanced
Brightness
82%
HSV value
Perceived
59%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2910
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
0/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
6.82:1
Closest name
Peru
ΔE2000 1.9
Chroma
57.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.672
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
orange
500 · ΔE 9.4
Web-safe
#CC9933
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue29° of 360°
Saturation62%
Lightness51%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d08034.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool0% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red46%
Green53%
Blue1%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#d08034
HEX (8-digit)#d08034ff
RGBrgb(208, 128, 52)
RGBArgba(208, 128, 52, 1)
HSLhsl(29, 62%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(29, 75%, 82%)
HWBhwb(29 20% 18%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 39%, 75%, 18%)
LABlab(60.9 24.8 52.2)
LCHlch(60.9 57.8 64.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.672 0.133 60.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(34.35, 29.10, 7.06)
Decimal13664308
Display P3color(display-p3 0.816 0.502 0.204)
Web-safe#CC9933

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d08034;
background-color: #d08034;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d08034;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d08034] bg-[#d08034]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d08034;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.816, green: 0.502, blue: 0.204)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.816, green: 0.502, blue: 0.204, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D08034</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD08034)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD08034)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(52, 128, 208)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(208, 128, 52)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(208, 128, 52)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 208, 128, 52)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8157f, 0.5020f, 0.2039f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{208,128,52}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d08034 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d08034 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#683F18, #EEE0D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d08034 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FBF7F4;
  --brand-100: #F7F0E8;
  --brand-200: #F0DDCC;
  --brand-300: #EAC6A4;
  --brand-400: #DFA976;
  --brand-500: #D58D49;
  --brand-600: #d08034;
  --brand-700: #A66426;
  --brand-800: #85501F;
  --brand-900: #603C1A;
  --brand-950: #3C2610;
  --brand: #d08034;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF7F4;
  --brand-border: #EDD6C0;
  --brand-hover: #B66E2A;
  --brand-pressed: #995D23;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241C14;
    --brand-ink: #EEE0D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF7F4',
        100: '#F7F0E8',
        200: '#F0DDCC',
        300: '#EAC6A4',
        400: '#DFA976',
        500: '#D58D49',
        600: '#d08034',
        700: '#A66426',
        800: '#85501F',
        900: '#603C1A',
        950: '#3C2610',
        DEFAULT: '#d08034',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF7F4,
  '100': #F7F0E8,
  '200': #F0DDCC,
  '300': #EAC6A4,
  '400': #DFA976,
  '500': #D58D49,
  '600': #d08034,
  '700': #A66426,
  '800': #85501F,
  '900': #603C1A,
  '950': #3C2610,
);
$brand-base: #d08034;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF7F4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7F0E8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F0DDCC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#EAC6A4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DFA976", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D58D49", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#d08034", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A66426", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#85501F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#603C1A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3C2610", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #d08034 · 6.82:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.08:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 6.82:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #d08034 as text scores 3.08:1 on white and 6.82:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #683F18 at 2.95:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#A66426 · 4.70:1
AA on white−11% L
#A66426
The quick fox
#7C4B1D · 7.29:1
AAA on white−21% L
#7C4B1D
The quick fox
#d08034 · 6.82:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d08034
The quick fox
#D18338 · 7.01:1
AAA on black+1% L
#D18338

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D08034 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#d08034 on white: 3.08:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d08034 on black: 6.82:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d08034 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d08034.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.08:1AaAa
Slate 502.94:1AaAa
Slate 1002.81:1AaAa
Slate 2002.50:1AaAa
Slate 3002.07:1AaAa
Slate 4001.20:1AaAa
Slate 5001.55:1AaAa
Slate 6002.46:1AaAa
Slate 7003.36:1AaAa
Slate 8004.75:1AaAa
Slate 9005.80:1AaAa
Black6.82:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #98882A
deuteranopia · #AB9A35
tritanopia · #E36E70

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #d08034 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBF7F4
#F7F0E8
#F0DDCC
#EAC6A4
#DFA976
#D58D49
#d08034
#A66426
#85501F
#603C1A
#3C2610
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FBF7F4Darkest = 950 · #3C2610Text step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.033 60.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.053 60.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.080 60.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.104 60.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.122 60.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.133 60.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.133 60.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.125 60.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.112 60.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.093 60.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.073 60.4);
}

Colors that work with #d08034

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF7F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDD6C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B724B
Captions on the surface
Accent#228AAA
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#683F18
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAF2EA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241C14
Dark-mode background
Hover#B66E2A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#995D23
Two steps down
Disabled#C9BAAB
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DF8A39
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #d08034

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #683F18
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

friendlyenergeticaffordablesocial

Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Hard to make feel premium, and it collides with the "caution" band in status systems.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight49/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#3484D0
Analogous left#D03436
Analogous right#D0CE34
Split-complement 1#34D0CE
Split-complement 2#3436D0
Triadic 1#34D080
Triadic 2#8034D0
Tetradic#36D034
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°29°

#d08034 sits at 29°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red81.6%
Green50.2%
Blue20.4%
R · 0–255
208
0xd0
G · 0–255
128
0x80
B · 0–255
52
0x34

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta38.5%
Yellow75.0%
Key (black)18.4%

Total ink coverage is 132%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d08034 text on a black background

contrast 6.82:1

Card sample

#d08034 text on a white background

contrast 3.08:1

Card sample

#d08034 on grey

2.81:1

#d08034 on its own surface

2.89:1

#d08034 on its dark surface

5.45:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d08034;
Background color
Panel with #d08034 background
background-color: #d08034;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d08034;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(208, 128, 52, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(208, 128, 52, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d08034;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d08034, #B8D034);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d08034, #91D034);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d08034;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d08034;
caret-color: #d08034;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d08034;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAF2EA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d08034;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d08034 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d08034 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(208, 128, 52, 0.5)
rgb(208 128 52 / 50%)
#d0803480
hsl(29 62% 51% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d08034 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d080341a#FAF2EB
20%#d0803433#F6E6D6
40%#d0803466#ECCCAE
60%#d0803499#E3B385
80%#d08034cc#D9995D

Gradients from #d08034

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #DC9F66, #d08034 45%, #683F18);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d08034, #98BA2B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d08034, #3484D0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E1AF7F 0%, #d08034 45%, #683F18 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF7F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #DA5D69 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #CCD64D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #683F18 0%, transparent 65%), #d08034;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d08034

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#d08034 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
E-commerceFood deliveryLogisticsCreator tools
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 6.82:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#d08034, answered

What color is #d08034?

#d08034 is a balanced vivid orange, closest to Peru (ΔE2000 1.9). It sits at 29° on the hue wheel with 62% saturation and 51% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #d08034?

rgb(208, 128, 52) — 208 red, 128 green and 52 blue out of 255, or 81.6% / 50.2% / 20.4% by channel.

What is #d08034 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(29, 62%, 51%) and hsv(29, 75%, 82%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d08034 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2910 and perceived brightness is 59%, so black text on it reaches 6.82:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d08034?

Black. It scores 6.82:1 against #d08034, versus 3.08:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #d08034 accessible on a white background?

#d08034 on white scores 3.08:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #A66426 to reach 4.5:1, or #7C4B1D for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d08034?

#3484D0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #34D0CE and #3436D0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d08034?

For interface work: #FAF7F4 as the surface, #EDD6C0 for borders, #9B724B for secondary text, #228AAA as an accent and #683F18 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D03436 and #D0CE34 stays calm, while #3484D0 is the loudest partner.

What is #d08034 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 39%, 75%, 18%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d08034 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 0 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D58849; nudged cooler, #D34532.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d08034?

The orange family — its 500 step is #f97316, ΔE2000 9.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d08034 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d08034 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d08034] or text-[#d08034], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #d08034 with 50% opacity?

rgba(208, 128, 52, 0.5), or #d0803480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E8C09A; over black, #68401A.

Is #d08034 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC9933, ΔE2000 11.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d08034 mean?

As a orange, it reads friendly, energetic, affordable. Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #d08034?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DC9F66, #d08034 45%, #683F18). For more colour, a short hue run to #98BA2B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d08034 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d08034 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.