#d79d42

Color #d79d42

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 12.78 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#d79d42

RGB

rgb(215, 157, 66)

HSL

hsl(36.6, 65.1%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.6, 69.3%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 27%, 69.3%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(68.72, 12.82, 54.33)

LCH

lch(68.72, 55.82, 76.72)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.1264, 75.48)

HWB

hwb(36.6, 25.9%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#427cd7

Analogous

#d75242

#d79d42

#c7d742

Triadic

#d79d42

#42d79d

#9d42d7

Split-complementary

#d79d42

#42c7d7

#5242d7

Tetradic

#d79d42

#7cd742

#427cd7

#9d42d7

Square

#d79d42

#42d752

#427cd7

#d742c7

Shades

Color #d79d42 mixed toward black.

#c18629

#9b6b21

#745019

#4d3610

#271b08

Tints

Color #d79d42 mixed toward white.

#dead61

#e4be81

#ebcea0

#f2dec0

#f8efdf

Tones

Color #d79d42 mixed toward gray.

#cb9a4e

#be975b

#b29567

#a59274

#998f80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c062 · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#c4c868 · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#d57578 · ΔE 31

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #d79d42;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#d79d42]

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Moccasin #ffe4b5

Orange #ffa500

Antique White #faebd7

Frequently asked questions

#d79d42 (#d79d42) is rgb(215, 157, 66) in RGB.

No, #d79d42 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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