#C79946#C79946

#C79946 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.114 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79946
RGB	rgb(199, 153, 70)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 64.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 8.34, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 49.79, 80.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0202 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.114 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0520, 35.3693, 10.7213)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79946 #4674C7

analogous

#C75946 #C79946 #B4C746

triadic

#C79946 #46C799 #9946C7

tetradic

#C79946 #46C759 #4674C7 #C746B4

square

#C79946 #46C759 #4674C7 #C746B4

split-complementary

#C79946 #46B4C7 #5946C7

monochromatic

#715522 #A07830 #C79946 #D5B375 #E3CDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C79946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#C79946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79946

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79946	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 153, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.114 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb67d',
    500: '#c79946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79946;
$custom-light: #dcb67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.605,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71029,
    "c": 0.1142,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79946

secondary

#98ACD0

accent

#7FDD4B

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79946

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

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