#D79F40#D79F40

#D79F40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.128 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79F40
RGB	rgb(215, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 70.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 11.64, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 56.91, 78.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.028 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.128 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3506, 39.6167, 10.3184)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79F40 #4078D7

analogous

#D75340 #D79F40 #C4D740

triadic

#D79F40 #40D79F #9F40D7

tetradic

#D79F40 #40D753 #4078D7 #D740C4

square

#D79F40 #40D753 #4078D7 #D740C4

split-complementary

#D79F40 #40C4D7 #5340D7

monochromatic

#815C1B #B47F26 #D79F40 #E2B873 #ECD2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#D79F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#D79F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79F40

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79F40	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.128 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bb7a',
    500: '#d79f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79f40;
$custom-light: #e8bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.748,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73873,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79F40

secondary

#9AB1D9

accent

#7EE83F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79F40

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

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