#D79A38#D79A38

#D79A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.132 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79A38
RGB	rgb(215, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 13.95, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 59.45, 76.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0337 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.132 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2966, 37.8471, 8.9235)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79A38 #3875D7

analogous

#D74A38 #D79A38 #C4D738

triadic

#D79A38 #38D79A #9A38D7

tetradic

#D79A38 #38D74A #3875D7 #D738C4

square

#D79A38 #38D74A #3875D7 #D738C4

split-complementary

#D79A38 #38C4D7 #4A38D7

monochromatic

#7C5619 #AF7923 #D79A38 #E1B46B #EBCE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#D79A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#D79A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79A38

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79A38	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.132 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b775',
    500: '#d79a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79a38;
$custom-light: #e8b775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.981,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72846,
    "c": 0.1322,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79A38

secondary

#93ADD8

accent

#80E93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79A38

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

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