#C79742#C79742

#C79742 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.117 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79742
RGB	rgb(199, 151, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 9.18, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 51.19, 79.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% 0.0221 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.117 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6053, 34.6712, 9.9701)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79742 #4272C7

analogous

#C75542 #C79742 #B5C742

triadic

#C79742 #42C797 #9742C7

tetradic

#C79742 #42C755 #4272C7 #C742B5

square

#C79742 #42C755 #4272C7 #C742B5

split-complementary

#C79742 #42B5C7 #5542C7

monochromatic

#6E5221 #9D752F #C79742 #D5B171 #E3CBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C79742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#C79742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79742

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79742	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)

#AA9838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 151, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.117 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb57a',
    500: '#c79742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79742;
$custom-light: #dcb57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.346,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70591,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79742

secondary

#95AAD0

accent

#7FDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79742

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

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