#C79A2A#C79A2A

#C79A2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.133 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C79A2A
RGBrgb(199, 154, 42)
HSLhsl(43, 65%, 47%)
HSVhsv(43, 79%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22.6%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(66.08, 6.40, 60.80)
CIE-LCHlch(66.08, 61.14, 83.99°)
OKLaboklab(70.99% 0.0112 0.1321)
OKLCHoklch(70.99% 0.133 85.2)
XYZxyz(35.5290, 35.4230, 7.1561)
Luminance0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C79A2A #2A57C7
analogous
#C74C2A #C79A2A #A5C72A
triadic
#C79A2A #2AC79A #9A2AC7
tetradic
#C79A2A #2AC74C #2A57C7 #C72AA5
square
#C79A2A #2AC74C #2A57C7 #C72AA5
split-complementary
#C79A2A #2AA5C7 #4C2AC7
monochromatic
#624C15 #94731F #C79A2A #DBB453 #E5CA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60
#C79A2A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08
#C79A2A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79A2A
8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C79A2A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C79A2A1.002.608.088.08
#FFFFFF2.601.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0821.001.001.00
##0000008.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9A13
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9A530
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D88B85
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c79a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 154, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.133 85.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb76d',
    500: '#c79a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c79a2a;
$custom-light: #ddb76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c79a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.803,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70993,
    "c": 0.13253,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C79A2A
secondary
#7E95CF
accent
#70E840
background
#FEFBF6
surface
#FCF6EC
border
#D5D0C7
text
#161107
muted
#84807A

Preview Lab

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#C79A2A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva