#C79236#C79236

#C79236 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.124 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79236
RGB	rgb(199, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 11.26, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 55.43, 78.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% 0.0266 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.124 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5002, 32.9689, 8.0359)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79236 #366BC7

analogous

#C74A36 #C79236 #B4C736

triadic

#C79236 #36C792 #9236C7

tetradic

#C79236 #36C74A #366BC7 #C736B4

square

#C79236 #36C74A #366BC7 #C736B4

split-complementary

#C79236 #36B4C7 #4A36C7

monochromatic

#674B1C #976F29 #C79236 #D5AC65 #E2C695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#C79236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#C79236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79236

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79236	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)

#A6942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.124 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb172',
    500: '#c79236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79236;
$custom-light: #ddb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.069,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69496,
    "c": 0.12355,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79236

secondary

#8BA3CE

accent

#7FE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79236

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

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