#C79A24#C79A24

#C79A24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.135 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79A24
RGB	rgb(199, 154, 36)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 81.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 6.20, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 63.07, 84.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.01 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.135 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4296, 35.3833, 6.6323)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79A24 #2451C7

analogous

#C74924 #C79A24 #A2C724

triadic

#C79A24 #24C79A #9A24C7

tetradic

#C79A24 #24C749 #2451C7 #C724A2

square

#C79A24 #24C749 #2451C7 #C724A2

split-complementary

#C79A24 #24A2C7 #4924C7

monochromatic

#5F4A11 #93721B #C79A24 #DEB54A #E8CA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C79A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C79A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79A24

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79A24	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)

#AE9A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A52B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 154, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.135 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb76a',
    500: '#c79a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79a24;
$custom-light: #ddb76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.436,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70959,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79A24

secondary

#778FD0

accent

#6CEC3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79A24

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

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