#C79539#C79539

#C79539 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.122 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79539
RGB	rgb(199, 149, 57)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 9.77, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 54.66, 79.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% 0.0227 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.122 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0414, 33.9350, 8.5746)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79539 #396BC7

analogous

#C74E39 #C79539 #B2C739

triadic

#C79539 #39C795 #9539C7

tetradic

#C79539 #39C74E #396BC7 #C739B2

square

#C79539 #39C74E #396BC7 #C739B2

split-complementary

#C79539 #39B2C7 #4E39C7

monochromatic

#684E1D #98722B #C79539 #D4AF69 #E2C898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#C79539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#C79539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79539

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79539	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 149, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.122 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb374',
    500: '#c79539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79539;
$custom-light: #dcb374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.873,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70111,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79539

secondary

#8EA5CE

accent

#7EDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79539

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →