#C79931#C79931

#C79931 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.128 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79931
RGB	rgb(199, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 75.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 7.22, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 58.46, 82.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0143 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.128 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5011, 35.1489, 7.8197)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79931 #315FC7

analogous

#C74E31 #C79931 #AAC731

triadic

#C79931 #31C799 #9931C7

tetradic

#C79931 #31C74E #315FC7 #C731AA

square

#C79931 #31C74E #315FC7 #C731AA

split-complementary

#C79931 #31AAC7 #4E31C7

monochromatic

#654D19 #967325 #C79931 #D7B25E #E3CA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C79931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#C79931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79931

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79931	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.128 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb670',
    500: '#c79931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79931;
$custom-light: #ddb670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7084,
    "c": 0.12839,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79931

secondary

#869CCE

accent

#75E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79931

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

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