#D79F38#D79F38

#D79F38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.133 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79F38
RGB	rgb(215, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 11.26, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 60.07, 79.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.0259 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.133 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1390, 39.5321, 9.2044)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79F38 #3870D7

analogous

#D74F38 #D79F38 #BFD738

triadic

#D79F38 #38D79F #9F38D7

tetradic

#D79F38 #38D74F #3870D7 #D738BF

square

#D79F38 #38D74F #3870D7 #D738BF

split-complementary

#D79F38 #38BFD7 #4F38D7

monochromatic

#7C5919 #AF7E23 #D79F38 #E1B86B #EBD09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#D79F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#D79F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79F38

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79F38	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.133 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bb75',
    500: '#d79f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79f38;
$custom-light: #e8bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.868,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73806,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79F38

secondary

#93ABD8

accent

#7BE93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79F38

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

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