#C79639#C79639

#C79639 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.123 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79639
RGB	rgb(199, 150, 57)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 9.23, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 54.81, 80.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% 0.0211 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.123 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2003, 34.2528, 8.6276)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79639 #396AC7

analogous

#C74F39 #C79639 #B1C739

triadic

#C79639 #39C796 #9639C7

tetradic

#C79639 #39C74F #396AC7 #C739B1

square

#C79639 #39C74F #396AC7 #C739B1

split-complementary

#C79639 #39B1C7 #4F39C7

monochromatic

#684E1D #98722B #C79639 #D4AF69 #E2C998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#C79639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#C79639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79639

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79639	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)

#AA972D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 150, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.123 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb475',
    500: '#c79639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79639;
$custom-light: #dcb475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.296,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70308,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79639

secondary

#8EA4CE

accent

#7DDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79639

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

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