#C79142#C79142

#C79142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.115 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79142
RGB	rgb(199, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, 12.45, 48.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 50.29, 75.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.0317 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.115 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6642, 32.7889, 9.6564)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79142 #4278C7

analogous

#C74F42 #C79142 #BBC742

triadic

#C79142 #42C791 #9142C7

tetradic

#C79142 #42C74F #4278C7 #C742BB

square

#C79142 #42C74F #4278C7 #C742BB

split-complementary

#C79142 #42BBC7 #4F42C7

monochromatic

#6E4F21 #9D702F #C79142 #D5AC71 #E3C8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#C79142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#C79142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79142

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79142	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.115 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb17a',
    500: '#c79142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79142;
$custom-light: #dcb17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.639,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69415,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79142

secondary

#95ADD0

accent

#86DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79142

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

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