#D79E38#D79E38

#D79E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.133 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79E38
RGB	rgb(215, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 11.79, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 59.94, 78.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0274 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.133 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9678, 39.1895, 9.1473)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79E38 #3871D7

analogous

#D74F38 #D79E38 #C0D738

triadic

#D79E38 #38D79E #9E38D7

tetradic

#D79E38 #38D74F #3871D7 #D738C0

square

#D79E38 #38D74F #3871D7 #D738C0

split-complementary

#D79E38 #38C0D7 #4F38D7

monochromatic

#7C5819 #AF7D23 #D79E38 #E1B76B #EBD09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#D79E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#D79E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79E38

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79E38	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.133 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ba75',
    500: '#d79e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79e38;
$custom-light: #e8ba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.491,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73613,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79E38

secondary

#93ACD8

accent

#7CE93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79E38

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

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