#D79B61#D79B61

#D79B61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.104 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79B61
RGB	rgb(215, 155, 97)
HSL	hsl(29, 60%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 55%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 54.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 16.01, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 42.17, 67.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.0453 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.104 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9056, 38.7559, 16.5805)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79B61 #619DD7

analogous

#D76162 #D79B61 #D7D661

triadic

#D79B61 #61D79B #9B61D7

tetradic

#D79B61 #62D761 #619DD7 #D661D7

square

#D79B61 #62D761 #619DD7 #D661D7

split-complementary

#D79B61 #61D7D6 #6162D7

monochromatic

#975E26 #C87C33 #D79B61 #E3BA92 #F0D9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#D79B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#D79B61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79B61

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79B61	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E88E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 155, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.104 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6b88f',
    500: '#d79b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79b61;
$custom-light: #e6b88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.492,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73502,
    "c": 0.10364,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79B61

secondary

#B4CAE0

accent

#74C71E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110C

muted

#84807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79B61

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

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