#C79438#C79438

#C79438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.123 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79438
RGB	rgb(199, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 10.26, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 54.91, 79.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.024 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.123 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8592, 33.6101, 8.3920)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79438 #386BC7

analogous

#C74C38 #C79438 #B3C738

triadic

#C79438 #38C794 #9438C7

tetradic

#C79438 #38C74C #386BC7 #C738B3

square

#C79438 #38C74C #386BC7 #C738B3

split-complementary

#C79438 #38B3C7 #4C38C7

monochromatic

#674D1D #97702B #C79438 #D4AE68 #E2C798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#C79438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#C79438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79438

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79438	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)

#A8952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.123 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb374',
    500: '#c79438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79438;
$custom-light: #dcb374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.601,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69905,
    "c": 0.1227,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79438

secondary

#8DA4CD

accent

#7EDF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79438

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

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