#C79642#C79642

#C79642 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.116 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79642
RGB	rgb(199, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, 9.72, 50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 51.02, 79.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% 0.0237 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.116 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4451, 34.3507, 9.9167)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79642 #4273C7

analogous

#C75442 #C79642 #B6C742

triadic

#C79642 #42C796 #9642C7

tetradic

#C79642 #42C754 #4273C7 #C742B6

square

#C79642 #42C754 #4273C7 #C742B6

split-complementary

#C79642 #42B6C7 #5442C7

monochromatic

#6E5121 #9D742F #C79642 #D5B071 #E3CAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#C79642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#C79642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79642

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79642	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.116 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb47a',
    500: '#c79642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79642;
$custom-light: #dcb47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70393,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79642

secondary

#95ABD0

accent

#80DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79642

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

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