#D79B38#D79B38

#D79B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.132 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79B38
RGB	rgb(215, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 13.41, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 59.57, 76.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0321 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.132 76)
XYZ	xyz(40.4623, 38.1786, 8.9788)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79B38 #3874D7

analogous

#D74B38 #D79B38 #C4D738

triadic

#D79B38 #38D79B #9B38D7

tetradic

#D79B38 #38D74B #3874D7 #D738C4

square

#D79B38 #38D74B #3874D7 #D738C4

split-complementary

#D79B38 #38C4D7 #4B38D7

monochromatic

#7C5619 #AF7A23 #D79B38 #E1B56B #EBCE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#D79B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#D79B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79B38

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79B38	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.132 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b875',
    500: '#d79b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79b38;
$custom-light: #e8b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.358,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73037,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.38175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79B38

secondary

#93ADD8

accent

#7FE93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79B38

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

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