#C7994B#C7994B

#C7994B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.110 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7994B
RGB	rgb(199, 153, 75)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 62.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 8.67, 46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 47.55, 79.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0219 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.11 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2164, 35.4350, 11.5874)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7994B #4B79C7

analogous

#C75B4B #C7994B #B7C74B

triadic

#C7994B #4BC799 #994BC7

tetradic

#C7994B #4BC75B #4B79C7 #C74BB7

square

#C7994B #4BC75B #4B79C7 #C74BB7

split-complementary

#C7994B #4BB7C7 #5B4BC7

monochromatic

#745624 #A27932 #C7994B #D6B37A #E4CEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C7994B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#C7994B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7994B

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7994B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7994B	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7994b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 153, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.110 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb680',
    500: '#c7994b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7994b;
$custom-light: #dbb680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7994b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.742,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71085,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7994B

secondary

#9CB0D1

accent

#81DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7994B

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

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