#C79437#C79437

#C79437 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.123 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79437
RGB	rgb(199, 148, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, 10.21, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 55.31, 79.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.0237 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.123 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8350, 33.6004, 8.2645)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79437 #376AC7

analogous

#C74C37 #C79437 #B2C737

triadic

#C79437 #37C794 #9437C7

tetradic

#C79437 #37C74C #376AC7 #C737B2

square

#C79437 #37C74C #376AC7 #C737B2

split-complementary

#C79437 #37B2C7 #4C37C7

monochromatic

#674D1C #97702A #C79437 #D5AE66 #E2C796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#C79437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#C79437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79437

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79437	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8952B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 148, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.123 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb373',
    500: '#c79437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79437;
$custom-light: #dcb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.75,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69897,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79437

secondary

#8CA3CD

accent

#7EE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79437

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

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