#D79D38#D79D38

#D79D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.133 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79D38
RGB	rgb(215, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 12.33, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 59.81, 78.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.029 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.133 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7979, 38.8498, 9.0906)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79D38 #3872D7

analogous

#D74D38 #D79D38 #C2D738

triadic

#D79D38 #38D79D #9D38D7

tetradic

#D79D38 #38D74D #3872D7 #D738C2

square

#D79D38 #38D74D #3872D7 #D738C2

split-complementary

#D79D38 #38C2D7 #4D38D7

monochromatic

#7C5819 #AF7C23 #D79D38 #E1B66B #EBCF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#D79D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#D79D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79D38

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79D38	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.133 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b975',
    500: '#d79d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79d38;
$custom-light: #e8b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.113,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73421,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79D38

secondary

#93ACD8

accent

#7DE93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79D38

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

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