#C79A30#C79A30

#C79A30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.129 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79A30
RGB	rgb(199, 154, 48)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 75.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 6.64, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 59.01, 83.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0125 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.129 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6446, 35.4693, 7.7646)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79A30 #305DC7

analogous

#C74E30 #C79A30 #A8C730

triadic

#C79A30 #30C79A #9A30C7

tetradic

#C79A30 #30C74E #305DC7 #C730A8

square

#C79A30 #30C74E #305DC7 #C730A8

split-complementary

#C79A30 #30A8C7 #4E30C7

monochromatic

#644E18 #967424 #C79A30 #D8B35C #E4CA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C79A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#C79A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79A30

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79A30	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#AE9A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 154, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.129 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb770',
    500: '#c79a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79a30;
$custom-light: #ddb770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.119,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71033,
    "c": 0.12931,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79A30

secondary

#859BCE

accent

#73E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79A30

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

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