#D79E42#D79E42

#D79E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.127 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79E42
RGB	rgb(215, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 69.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, 12.29, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 55.95, 77.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.0301 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.127 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2372, 39.2973, 10.5665)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79E42 #427BD7

analogous

#D75342 #D79E42 #C6D742

triadic

#D79E42 #42D79E #9E42D7

tetradic

#D79E42 #42D753 #427BD7 #D742C6

square

#D79E42 #42D753 #427BD7 #D742C6

split-complementary

#D79E42 #42C6D7 #5342D7

monochromatic

#835B1C #B57F26 #D79E42 #E2B875 #ECD2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#D79E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#D79E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79E42

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79E42	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E98F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.127 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ba7b',
    500: '#d79e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79e42;
$custom-light: #e8ba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.047,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73699,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79E42

secondary

#9BB3DA

accent

#80E840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79E42

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

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