#D79942#D79942

#D79942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.126 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79942
RGB	rgb(215, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 69.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 14.98, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 55.36, 74.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.038 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.126 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4017, 37.6262, 10.2879)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79942 #4280D7

analogous

#D74F42 #D79942 #CAD742

triadic

#D79942 #42D799 #9942D7

tetradic

#D79942 #42D74F #4280D7 #D742CA

square

#D79942 #42D74F #4280D7 #D742CA

split-complementary

#D79942 #42CAD7 #4F42D7

monochromatic

#83581C #B57A26 #D79942 #E2B475 #ECD0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#D79942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#D79942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79942

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79942	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA8986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.126 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b77a',
    500: '#d79942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79942;
$custom-light: #e8b77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.034,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72744,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79942

secondary

#9BB5DA

accent

#86E840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79942

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

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