#C79936#C79936

#C79936 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.125 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79936
RGB	rgb(199, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 7.45, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 56.54, 82.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0156 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.125 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6125, 35.1935, 8.4066)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79936 #3664C7

analogous

#C75136 #C79936 #ACC736

triadic

#C79936 #36C799 #9936C7

tetradic

#C79936 #36C751 #3664C7 #C736AC

square

#C79936 #36C751 #3664C7 #C736AC

split-complementary

#C79936 #36ACC7 #5136C7

monochromatic

#674F1C #977429 #C79936 #D5B265 #E2CA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C79936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#C79936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79936

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79936	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.125 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb673',
    500: '#c79936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79936;
$custom-light: #dcb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.966,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70878,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79936

secondary

#8BA0CE

accent

#78E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79936

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

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