#D79E40#D79E40

#D79E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.128 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79E40
RGB	rgb(215, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 70.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 12.18, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 56.77, 77.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0296 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.128 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1793, 39.2741, 10.2613)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79E40 #4079D7

analogous

#D75340 #D79E40 #C5D740

triadic

#D79E40 #40D79E #9E40D7

tetradic

#D79E40 #40D753 #4079D7 #D740C5

square

#D79E40 #40D753 #4079D7 #D740C5

split-complementary

#D79E40 #40C5D7 #5340D7

monochromatic

#815B1B #B47E26 #D79E40 #E2B873 #ECD1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#D79E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#D79E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79E40

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79E40	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E98E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.128 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ba7a',
    500: '#d79e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79e40;
$custom-light: #e8ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.351,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7368,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79E40

secondary

#9AB2D9

accent

#7FE83F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79E40

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

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