#C79040#C79040

#C79040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.117 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79040
RGB	rgb(199, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 12.88, 49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 51.02, 75.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% 0.0327 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.117 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4541, 32.4615, 9.3006)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79040 #4077C7

analogous

#C74D40 #C79040 #BAC740

triadic

#C79040 #40C790 #9040C7

tetradic

#C79040 #40C74D #4077C7 #C740BA

square

#C79040 #40C74D #4077C7 #C740BA

split-complementary

#C79040 #40BAC7 #4D40C7

monochromatic

#6D4D20 #9C6F2E #C79040 #D5AC6F #E3C79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#C79040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#C79040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79040

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79040	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.117 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb078',
    500: '#c79040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79040;
$custom-light: #dcb078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.692,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79040

secondary

#94ACCF

accent

#86DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79040

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

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