#C79537#C79537

#C79537 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.124 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79537
RGB	rgb(199, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 9.67, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 55.47, 79.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% 0.0221 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.124 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9925, 33.9155, 8.3170)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79537 #3769C7

analogous

#C74D37 #C79537 #B1C737

triadic

#C79537 #37C795 #9537C7

tetradic

#C79537 #37C74D #3769C7 #C737B1

square

#C79537 #37C74D #3769C7 #C737B1

split-complementary

#C79537 #37B1C7 #4D37C7

monochromatic

#674D1C #97712A #C79537 #D5AE66 #E2C896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#C79537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#C79537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79537

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79537	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.124 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb373',
    500: '#c79537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79537;
$custom-light: #dcb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70094,
    "c": 0.12358,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79537

secondary

#8CA3CD

accent

#7DE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79537

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

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