#D79F42#D79F42

#D79F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.127 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D79F42
RGB	rgb(215, 159, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 69.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 11.75, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 56.09, 77.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0286 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.127 77)
XYZ	xyz(41.4085, 39.6399, 10.6235)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D79F42 #427AD7

analogous

#D75542 #D79F42 #C4D742

triadic

#D79F42 #42D79F #9F42D7

tetradic

#D79F42 #42D755 #427AD7 #D742C4

square

#D79F42 #42D755 #427AD7 #D742C4

split-complementary

#D79F42 #42C4D7 #5542D7

monochromatic

#835C1C #B58026 #D79F42 #E2B975 #ECD2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#D79F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#D79F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D79F42

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D79F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D79F42	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d79f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 159, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.127 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bb7b',
    500: '#d79f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d79f42;
$custom-light: #e8bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d79f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.45,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73891,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.39637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D79F42

secondary

#9BB3DA

accent

#7FE840

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D79F42

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

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