#C79840#C79840

#C79840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.118 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79840
RGB	rgb(199, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 8.52, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 52.23, 80.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0199 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.118 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7090, 34.9713, 9.7189)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79840 #406FC7

analogous

#C75540 #C79840 #B3C740

triadic

#C79840 #40C798 #9840C7

tetradic

#C79840 #40C755 #406FC7 #C740B3

square

#C79840 #40C755 #406FC7 #C740B3

split-complementary

#C79840 #40B3C7 #5540C7

monochromatic

#6D5220 #9C762E #C79840 #D5B26F #E3CB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C79840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#C79840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79840

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79840	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.118 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb679',
    500: '#c79840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79840;
$custom-light: #dcb679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70768,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79840

secondary

#94A8CF

accent

#7DDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79840

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

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