#C79439#C79439

#C79439 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.122 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79439
RGB	rgb(199, 148, 57)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 10.31, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 54.50, 79.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.0243 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.122 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8839, 33.6200, 8.5221)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79439 #396CC7

analogous

#C74D39 #C79439 #B3C739

triadic

#C79439 #39C794 #9439C7

tetradic

#C79439 #39C74D #396CC7 #C739B3

square

#C79439 #39C74D #396CC7 #C739B3

split-complementary

#C79439 #39B3C7 #4D39C7

monochromatic

#684D1D #98712B #C79439 #D4AE69 #E2C898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#C79439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#C79439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79439

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79439	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)

#A8952D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 148, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.122 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb374',
    500: '#c79439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79439;
$custom-light: #dcb374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.451,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69914,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79439

secondary

#8EA5CE

accent

#7FDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79439

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

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