#C79235#C79235

#C79235 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.124 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79235
RGB	rgb(199, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, 11.21, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 55.82, 78.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% 0.0263 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.124 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4770, 32.9596, 7.9135)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79235 #356AC7

analogous

#C74935 #C79235 #B3C735

triadic

#C79235 #35C792 #9235C7

tetradic

#C79235 #35C749 #356AC7 #C735B3

square

#C79235 #35C749 #356AC7 #C735B3

split-complementary

#C79235 #35B3C7 #4935C7

monochromatic

#664B1B #976F28 #C79235 #D6AC64 #E2C694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#C79235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#C79235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79235

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79235	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.124 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb172',
    500: '#c79235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79235;
$custom-light: #ddb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.219,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69488,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79235

secondary

#8AA3CE

accent

#7FE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79235

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

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