#C79740#C79740

#C79740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.118 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79740
RGB	rgb(199, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 9.06, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 52.05, 79.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% 0.0215 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.118 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5474, 34.6481, 9.6650)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79740 #4070C7

analogous

#C75440 #C79740 #B3C740

triadic

#C79740 #40C797 #9740C7

tetradic

#C79740 #40C754 #4070C7 #C740B3

square

#C79740 #40C754 #4070C7 #C740B3

split-complementary

#C79740 #40B3C7 #5440C7

monochromatic

#6D5120 #9C752E #C79740 #D5B16F #E3CB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C79740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#C79740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79740

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79740	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)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.118 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb579',
    500: '#c79740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79740;
$custom-light: #dcb579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7057,
    "c": 0.11805,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79740

secondary

#94A9CF

accent

#7EDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79740

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

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