#C7994A#C7994A

#C7994A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7994A
RGB	rgb(199, 153, 74)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 62.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 8.60, 47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 48.00, 79.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0215 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.111 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1825, 35.4215, 11.4085)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7994A #4A78C7

analogous

#C75A4A #C7994A #B6C74A

triadic

#C7994A #4AC799 #994AC7

tetradic

#C7994A #4AC75A #4A78C7 #C74AB6

square

#C7994A #4AC75A #4A78C7 #C74AB6

split-complementary

#C7994A #4AB6C7 #5A4AC7

monochromatic

#735624 #A27932 #C7994A #D5B379 #E4CEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C7994A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C7994A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7994A

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7994A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7994A	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7994a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 153, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb67f',
    500: '#c7994a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7994a;
$custom-light: #dbb67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7994a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.92,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71073,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7994A

secondary

#9CAFD1

accent

#81DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7994A

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

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