#D79B42#D79B42

#D79B42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.126 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79B42
RGB	rgb(215, 155, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 69.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 13.90, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 55.58, 75.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% 0.0349 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.126 74)
XYZ	xyz(40.7318, 38.2864, 10.3980)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79B42 #427ED7

analogous

#D75042 #D79B42 #C9D742

triadic

#D79B42 #42D79B #9B42D7

tetradic

#D79B42 #42D750 #427ED7 #D742C9

square

#D79B42 #42D750 #427ED7 #D742C9

split-complementary

#D79B42 #42C9D7 #5042D7

monochromatic

#83591C #B57C26 #D79B42 #E2B675 #ECD0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#D79B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#D79B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79B42

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79B42	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E98B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 155, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.126 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b87b',
    500: '#d79b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79b42;
$custom-light: #e8b87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.839,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73124,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.38283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79B42

secondary

#9BB4DA

accent

#84E840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79B42

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

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