#D79A40#D79A40

#D79A40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.127 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79A40
RGB	rgb(215, 154, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 70.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 14.33, 54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 56.28, 75.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0359 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.127 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5081, 37.9317, 10.0376)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79A40 #407DD7

analogous

#D74F40 #D79A40 #C8D740

triadic

#D79A40 #40D79A #9A40D7

tetradic

#D79A40 #40D74F #407DD7 #D740C8

square

#D79A40 #40D74F #407DD7 #D740C8

split-complementary

#D79A40 #40C8D7 #4F40D7

monochromatic

#81581B #B47B26 #D79A40 #E2B573 #ECD0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#D79A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#D79A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79A40

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79A40	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA8A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 154, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.127 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b779',
    500: '#d79a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79a40;
$custom-light: #e8b779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.762,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72915,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79A40

secondary

#9AB3D9

accent

#84E83F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79A40

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

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