#C79923#C79923

#C79923 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.135 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79923
RGB	rgb(199, 153, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 82.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 6.71, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 63.21, 83.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% 0.0114 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.135 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2501, 35.0485, 6.4982)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79923 #2351C7

analogous

#C74723 #C79923 #A3C723

triadic

#C79923 #23C799 #9923C7

tetradic

#C79923 #23C747 #2351C7 #C723A3

square

#C79923 #23C747 #2351C7 #C723A3

split-complementary

#C79923 #23A3C7 #4723C7

monochromatic

#5F4911 #93711A #C79923 #DFB548 #E8CA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C79923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#C79923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79923

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79923	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A52A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 153, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.135 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb669',
    500: '#c79923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79923;
$custom-light: #ddb669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.171,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70754,
    "c": 0.13544,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79923

secondary

#768FD0

accent

#6DED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79923

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

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