#C79933#C79933

#C79933 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79933
RGB	rgb(199, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 74.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 7.31, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 57.70, 82.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0148 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.127 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5442, 35.1662, 8.0470)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79933 #3361C7

analogous

#C74F33 #C79933 #ABC733

triadic

#C79933 #33C799 #9933C7

tetradic

#C79933 #33C74F #3361C7 #C733AB

square

#C79933 #33C74F #3361C7 #C733AB

split-complementary

#C79933 #33ABC7 #4F33C7

monochromatic

#664E1A #967427 #C79933 #D6B261 #E3CA91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C79933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#C79933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79933

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79933	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#AD9924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb671',
    500: '#c79933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79933;
$custom-light: #dcb671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.351,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70855,
    "c": 0.12721,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79933

secondary

#889ECE

accent

#76E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79933

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

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