#C79656#C79656

#C79656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.101 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79656
RGB	rgb(199, 150, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 56.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 11.12, 40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 42.01, 74.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0305 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.101 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1412, 34.6292, 13.5828)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79656 #5687C7

analogous

#C75D56 #C79656 #BFC756

triadic

#C79656 #56C796 #9656C7

tetradic

#C79656 #56C75D #5687C7 #C756BF

square

#C79656 #56C75D #5687C7 #C756BF

split-complementary

#C79656 #56BFC7 #5D56C7

monochromatic

#7A5728 #A87738 #C79656 #D6B384 #E5CFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C79656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#C79656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79656

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79656	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 150, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.101 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb487',
    500: '#c79656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79656;
$custom-light: #dbb487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.982,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70635,
    "c": 0.10057,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79656

secondary

#A5B9D4

accent

#8BDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79656

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →