#D79C40#D79C40

#D79C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.128 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79C40
RGB	rgb(215, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 70.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 13.26, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 56.52, 76.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% 0.0327 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.128 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8409, 38.5974, 10.1485)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79C40 #407BD7

analogous

#D75040 #D79C40 #C7D740

triadic

#D79C40 #40D79C #9C40D7

tetradic

#D79C40 #40D750 #407BD7 #D740C7

square

#D79C40 #40D750 #407BD7 #D740C7

split-complementary

#D79C40 #40C7D7 #5040D7

monochromatic

#81591B #B47C26 #D79C40 #E2B673 #ECD0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#D79C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#D79C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79C40

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79C40	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E98C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.128 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b979',
    500: '#d79c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79c40;
$custom-light: #e8b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.556,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73297,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79C40

secondary

#9AB2D9

accent

#81E83F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79C40

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

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