#C79649#C79649

#C79649 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.111 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79649
RGB	rgb(199, 150, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 10.16, 46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 47.93, 77.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.026 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.111 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6642, 34.4384, 11.0709)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79649 #497AC7

analogous

#C75749 #C79649 #B9C749

triadic

#C79649 #49C796 #9649C7

tetradic

#C79649 #49C757 #497AC7 #C749B9

square

#C79649 #49C757 #497AC7 #C749B9

split-complementary

#C79649 #49B9C7 #5749C7

monochromatic

#725423 #A17632 #C79649 #D5B178 #E4CCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C79649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#C79649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79649

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79649	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 150, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.111 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb47e',
    500: '#c79649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79649;
$custom-light: #dcb47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70469,
    "c": 0.1111,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79649

secondary

#9BB0D1

accent

#84DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79649

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

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