#C79239#C79239

#C79239 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.122 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79239
RGB	rgb(199, 146, 57)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, 11.40, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 54.22, 77.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.0274 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.122 77)
XYZ	xyz(34.5729, 32.9980, 8.4185)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79239 #396EC7

analogous

#C74B39 #C79239 #B5C739

triadic

#C79239 #39C792 #9239C7

tetradic

#C79239 #39C74B #396EC7 #C739B5

square

#C79239 #39C74B #396EC7 #C739B5

split-complementary

#C79239 #39B5C7 #4B39C7

monochromatic

#684C1D #986F2B #C79239 #D4AC69 #E2C798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#C79239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#C79239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79239

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79239	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)

#A6942E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 146, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.122 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb174',
    500: '#c79239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79239;
$custom-light: #dcb174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.606,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69522,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.32995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79239

secondary

#8EA6CE

accent

#81DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79239

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

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