#C79042#C79042

#C79042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.115 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79042
RGB	rgb(199, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 13.00, 48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 50.16, 74.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% 0.0333 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.115 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5120, 32.4847, 9.6057)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79042 #4279C7

analogous

#C74E42 #C79042 #BCC742

triadic

#C79042 #42C790 #9042C7

tetradic

#C79042 #42C74E #4279C7 #C742BC

square

#C79042 #42C74E #4279C7 #C742BC

split-complementary

#C79042 #42BCC7 #4E42C7

monochromatic

#6E4E21 #9D6F2F #C79042 #D5AC71 #E3C7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#C79042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#C79042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79042

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79042	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4933A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.115 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb07a',
    500: '#c79042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79042;
$custom-light: #dcb07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.188,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69221,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79042

secondary

#95ADD0

accent

#87DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79042

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

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