#C79938#C79938

#C79938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.124 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79938
RGB	rgb(199, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 7.55, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 55.74, 82.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0161 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.124 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6604, 35.2126, 8.6591)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79938 #3866C7

analogous

#C75138 #C79938 #AEC738

triadic

#C79938 #38C799 #9938C7

tetradic

#C79938 #38C751 #3866C7 #C738AE

square

#C79938 #38C751 #3866C7 #C738AE

split-complementary

#C79938 #38AEC7 #5138C7

monochromatic

#67501D #97742B #C79938 #D4B168 #E2CA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C79938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#C79938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79938

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79938	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)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.124 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb674',
    500: '#c79938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79938;
$custom-light: #dcb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.699,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70895,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79938

secondary

#8DA2CD

accent

#79DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79938

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

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