#C79542#C79542

#C79542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.116 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79542
RGB	rgb(199, 149, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, 10.27, 49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 50.86, 78.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% 0.0253 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.116 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2862, 34.0329, 9.8637)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79542 #4274C7

analogous

#C75342 #C79542 #B6C742

triadic

#C79542 #42C795 #9542C7

tetradic

#C79542 #42C753 #4274C7 #C742B6

square

#C79542 #42C753 #4274C7 #C742B6

split-complementary

#C79542 #42B6C7 #5342C7

monochromatic

#6E5121 #9D742F #C79542 #D5AF71 #E3CAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C79542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#C79542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79542

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79542	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 149, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.116 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb47a',
    500: '#c79542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79542;
$custom-light: #dcb47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.444,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70196,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79542

secondary

#95ABD0

accent

#82DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79542

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

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