#D79D40#D79D40

#D79D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.128 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79D40
RGB	rgb(215, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 70.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 12.72, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 56.64, 77.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.0311 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.128 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0094, 38.9344, 10.2047)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79D40 #407AD7

analogous

#D75240 #D79D40 #C5D740

triadic

#D79D40 #40D79D #9D40D7

tetradic

#D79D40 #40D752 #407AD7 #D740C5

square

#D79D40 #40D752 #407AD7 #D740C5

split-complementary

#D79D40 #40C5D7 #5240D7

monochromatic

#815A1B #B47D26 #D79D40 #E2B773 #ECD1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#D79D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#D79D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79D40

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79D40	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E98D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.128 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b979',
    500: '#d79d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79d40;
$custom-light: #e8b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.954,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73488,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79D40

secondary

#9AB2D9

accent

#80E83F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79D40

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

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