#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
RGBrgb(199, 151, 56)
HSLhsl(40, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(40, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.1%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(65.41, 8.63, 54.71)
CIE-LCHlch(65.41, 55.39, 81.03°)
OKLaboklab(70.5% 0.0192 0.122)
OKLCHoklch(70.5% 0.123 81)
XYZxyz(35.3358, 34.5634, 8.5509)
Luminance0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##C797381.002.657.917.91
#FFFFFF2.651.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9121.001.001.00
##0000007.9121.001.001.00

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

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#C79738 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva