#D79C38#D79C38

#D79C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.132 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79C38
RGB	rgb(215, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 12.87, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 59.68, 77.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0306 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.132 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6294, 38.5128, 9.0345)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79C38 #3873D7

analogous

#D74C38 #D79C38 #C2D738

triadic

#D79C38 #38D79C #9C38D7

tetradic

#D79C38 #38D74C #3873D7 #D738C2

square

#D79C38 #38D74C #3873D7 #D738C2

split-complementary

#D79C38 #38C2D7 #4C38D7

monochromatic

#7C5719 #AF7B23 #D79C38 #E1B56B #EBCF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#D79C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#D79C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79C38

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79C38	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)

#B29E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.132 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b975',
    500: '#d79c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79c38;
$custom-light: #e8b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.736,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73229,
    "c": 0.13243,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79C38

secondary

#93ADD8

accent

#7EE93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79C38

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

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