#C79738#C79738

#C79738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.123 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79738
RGB	rgb(199, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, 8.63, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 55.39, 81.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% 0.0192 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.123 81)
XYZ	xyz(35.3358, 34.5634, 8.5509)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79738 #3868C7

analogous

#C75038 #C79738 #AFC738

triadic

#C79738 #38C797 #9738C7

tetradic

#C79738 #38C750 #3868C7 #C738AF

square

#C79738 #38C750 #3868C7 #C738AF

split-complementary

#C79738 #38AFC7 #5038C7

monochromatic

#674F1D #97732B #C79738 #D4B068 #E2C998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C79738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#C79738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79738

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79738	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.123 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb574',
    500: '#c79738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79738;
$custom-light: #dcb574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.86,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70497,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.34561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79738

secondary

#8DA3CD

accent

#7BDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79738

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

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