#C79638#C79638

#C79638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.123 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79638
RGB	rgb(199, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 9.18, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 55.22, 80.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0208 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.123 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1756, 34.2429, 8.4975)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79638 #3869C7

analogous

#C74F38 #C79638 #B0C738

triadic

#C79638 #38C796 #9638C7

tetradic

#C79638 #38C74F #3869C7 #C738B0

square

#C79638 #38C74F #3869C7 #C738B0

split-complementary

#C79638 #38B0C7 #4F38C7

monochromatic

#674E1D #97722B #C79638 #D4AF68 #E2C898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#C79638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#C79638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79638

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79638	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.123 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb474',
    500: '#c79638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79638;
$custom-light: #dcb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.441,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70299,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79638

secondary

#8DA3CD

accent

#7CDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79638

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

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