#C79849#C79849

#C79849 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.112 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79849
RGB	rgb(199, 152, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 9.08, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 48.27, 79.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0228 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.112 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9861, 35.0821, 11.1782)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79849 #4978C7

analogous

#C75949 #C79849 #B7C749

triadic

#C79849 #49C798 #9849C7

tetradic

#C79849 #49C759 #4978C7 #C749B7

square

#C79849 #49C759 #4978C7 #C749B7

split-complementary

#C79849 #49B7C7 #5949C7

monochromatic

#725523 #A17832 #C79849 #D5B278 #E4CDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C79849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#C79849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79849

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79849	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 152, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.112 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb67f',
    500: '#c79849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79849;
$custom-light: #dcb67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.619,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70864,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79849

secondary

#9BAFD1

accent

#82DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79849

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

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