#D79D42#D79D42

#D79D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.126 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79D42
RGB	rgb(215, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 69.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 12.82, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 55.82, 76.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.0317 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.126 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0674, 38.9576, 10.5098)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79D42 #427CD7

analogous

#D75242 #D79D42 #C7D742

triadic

#D79D42 #42D79D #9D42D7

tetradic

#D79D42 #42D752 #427CD7 #D742C7

square

#D79D42 #42D752 #427CD7 #D742C7

split-complementary

#D79D42 #42C7D7 #5242D7

monochromatic

#835B1C #B57E26 #D79D42 #E2B775 #ECD1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#D79D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#D79D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79D42

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79D42	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)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E98E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.126 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b97b',
    500: '#d79d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79d42;
$custom-light: #e8b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.644,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73507,
    "c": 0.12641,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79D42

secondary

#9BB3DA

accent

#81E840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79D42

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

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