#C79541#C79541

#C79541 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.117 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79541
RGB	rgb(199, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 67.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 10.21, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 51.29, 78.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.025 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.117 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2569, 34.0213, 9.7098)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79541 #4173C7

analogous

#C75241 #C79541 #B6C741

triadic

#C79541 #41C795 #9541C7

tetradic

#C79541 #41C752 #4173C7 #C741B6

square

#C79541 #41C752 #4173C7 #C741B6

split-complementary

#C79541 #41B6C7 #5241C7

monochromatic

#6D5120 #9D732E #C79541 #D5AF70 #E3CAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C79541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#C79541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79541

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79541	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.117 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb479',
    500: '#c79541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79541;
$custom-light: #dcb479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.612,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70186,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79541

secondary

#95AACF

accent

#81DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79541

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

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