#C79342#C79342

#C79342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.116 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79342
RGB	rgb(199, 147, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 11.36, 49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 50.56, 77.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% 0.0285 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.116 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9725, 33.4055, 9.7592)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79342 #4276C7

analogous

#C75042 #C79342 #B9C742

triadic

#C79342 #42C793 #9342C7

tetradic

#C79342 #42C750 #4276C7 #C742B9

square

#C79342 #42C750 #4276C7 #C742B9

split-complementary

#C79342 #42B9C7 #5042C7

monochromatic

#6E5021 #9D722F #C79342 #D5AE71 #E3C9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#C79342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#C79342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79342

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79342	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 147, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.116 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb27a',
    500: '#c79342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79342;
$custom-light: #dcb27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.541,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69805,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79342

secondary

#95ACD0

accent

#84DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5EE

border

#D5CFC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79342

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

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