#D79C36#D79C36

#D79C36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.134 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79C36
RGB	rgb(215, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 74.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 12.78, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 60.44, 77.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% 0.0301 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.134 77)
XYZ	xyz(40.5815, 38.4936, 8.7820)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79C36 #3671D7

analogous

#D74B36 #D79C36 #C2D736

triadic

#D79C36 #36D79C #9C36D7

tetradic

#D79C36 #36D74B #3671D7 #D736C2

square

#D79C36 #36D74B #3671D7 #D736C2

split-complementary

#D79C36 #36C2D7 #4B36D7

monochromatic

#7A5618 #AD7A22 #D79C36 #E1B569 #EBCE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#D79C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#D79C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79C36

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79C36	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.134 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b974',
    500: '#d79c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79c36;
$custom-light: #e8b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.012,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73213,
    "c": 0.13356,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.3849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79C36

secondary

#92ABD7

accent

#7DEA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79C36

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

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