#D79A42#D79A42

#D79A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.126 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79A42
RGB	rgb(215, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 69.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 14.44, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 55.46, 74.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% 0.0364 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.126 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5660, 37.9549, 10.3427)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79A42 #427FD7

analogous

#D74F42 #D79A42 #CAD742

triadic

#D79A42 #42D79A #9A42D7

tetradic

#D79A42 #42D74F #427FD7 #D742CA

square

#D79A42 #42D74F #427FD7 #D742CA

split-complementary

#D79A42 #42CAD7 #4F42D7

monochromatic

#83591C #B57B26 #D79A42 #E2B575 #ECD0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#D79A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#D79A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79A42

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79A42	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#B09D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E98A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.126 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b77a',
    500: '#d79a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79a42;
$custom-light: #e8b77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.436,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72934,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79A42

secondary

#9BB5DA

accent

#85E840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79A42

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

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