#D77708

sRGB · 215 / 119 / 8

#D77708 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 215 red, 119 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 32.2° lands in the orange region. Its 92.8% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 43.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (6.53:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 215, 119, 8
HSL: 32.17°, 92.83%, 43.73%
HSV / HSB: 32.17°, 96.28%, 84.31%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 44.65%, 96.28%, 15.69%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 34.664, 27.660, 3.743
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 59.581, 31.455, 65.284
WCAG relative luminance: 0.27658
24-bit decimal: 14120712

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #D77708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 6.53:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.22:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#0868D7 sits half a turn (180°) from #D77708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#D77708 #0868D7

Analogous

#D70F08 and #D0D708 sit 30° to either side of #D77708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#D70F08 #D77708 #D0D708

Triadic

#D77708, #08D777 and #7708D7 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#D77708 #08D777 #7708D7

Split complementary

Start at #D77708 and look across the wheel. #08D0D7 and #0F08D7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#D77708 #08D0D7 #0F08D7

Square

Starting with #D77708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #08D70F, #0868D7, then #D708D0. Across the square, #D77708 pairs with #0868D7, and #08D70F with #D708D0.

#D77708 #08D70F #0868D7 #D708D0

Tetradic

#D77708 and #0868D7 are opposites, as are #68D708 and #7708D7. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#D77708 #68D708 #0868D7 #7708D7

Tints

Mixing #D77708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DF9239, keeps 80% of the original. By #F7E4CE, the mixture is 80% white.

#D77708 #DF9239 #E7AD6B #EFC99C #F7E4CE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #D77708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AC5F06, keeps 80% of the original. By #2B1802, the mixture is 80% black.

#D77708 #AC5F06 #814705 #563003 #2B1802 #000000

Tones

Mixing #D77708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C67920, keeps 80% of the original. By #917E68, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#D77708 #C67920 #B47B38 #A37C50 #917E68 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#D77708

RGB

rgb(215 119 8)

HSL

hsl(32.174 92.825% 43.725%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #D77708;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#D77708 uses 215 red, 119 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 84.3%

Green 46.7%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #D77708 is 0.0% cyan, 44.7% magenta, 96.3% yellow and 15.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 44.7%

Yellow 96.3%

Black 15.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DD7700. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #D70 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #D77708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC6600, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #DD7700 Nearest web-safe · #CC6600

Gradient to complement

#D77708 #B5752B #92724D #707070 #4D6D92 #2B6BB5 #0868D7

Color vision previews

Compare how #D77708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#948200

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#AB9807

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#EC6165

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B08100

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B98D01

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D97340

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#8F8F8F

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B88468

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.67954 G 0.18447 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.79277 G 0.48555 B 0.17987

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.59165 G 0.20091 B 0.02717

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.525 y 0.419 Y 27.660

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 15.686 M % 53.333 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11010111 01110111 00001000