#C79243#C79243

#C79243 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.115 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79243
RGB	rgb(199, 146, 67)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 66.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, 11.96, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 49.99, 76.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% 0.0304 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.115 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8474, 33.1078, 9.8642)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79243 #4378C7

analogous

#C75043 #C79243 #BAC743

triadic

#C79243 #43C792 #9243C7

tetradic

#C79243 #43C750 #4378C7 #C743BA

square

#C79243 #43C750 #4378C7 #C743BA

split-complementary

#C79243 #43BAC7 #5043C7

monochromatic

#6F4F21 #9E712F #C79243 #D5AD72 #E3C9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#C79243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#C79243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79243

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79243	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5943A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 146, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.115 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb17a',
    500: '#c79243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79243;
$custom-light: #dcb17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6962,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79243

secondary

#96ADD0

accent

#85DD4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5EE

border

#D5CFC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79243

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

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