#C79842#C79842

#C79842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.117 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79842
RGB	rgb(199, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 8.63, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 51.36, 80.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.0205 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.117 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7669, 34.9945, 10.0240)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79842 #4271C7

analogous

#C75642 #C79842 #B4C742

triadic

#C79842 #42C798 #9842C7

tetradic

#C79842 #42C756 #4271C7 #C742B4

square

#C79842 #42C756 #4271C7 #C742B4

split-complementary

#C79842 #42B4C7 #5642C7

monochromatic

#6E5321 #9D762F #C79842 #D5B271 #E3CBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C79842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#C79842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79842

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79842	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.117 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb67a',
    500: '#c79842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79842;
$custom-light: #dcb67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.797,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70788,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79842

secondary

#95AAD0

accent

#7EDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79842

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

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