#C79237#C79237

#C79237 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.123 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79237
RGB	rgb(199, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 11.30, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 55.03, 78.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0269 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.123 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5240, 32.9784, 8.1608)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79237 #376CC7

analogous

#C74A37 #C79237 #B4C737

triadic

#C79237 #37C792 #9237C7

tetradic

#C79237 #37C74A #376CC7 #C737B4

square

#C79237 #37C74A #376CC7 #C737B4

split-complementary

#C79237 #37B4C7 #4A37C7

monochromatic

#674C1C #976F2A #C79237 #D5AC66 #E2C696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#C79237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#C79237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79237

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79237	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.123 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb173',
    500: '#c79237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79237;
$custom-light: #ddb173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.917,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69505,
    "c": 0.12293,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79237

secondary

#8CA4CD

accent

#80E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79237

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

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