#C79A31#C79A31

#C79A31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.129 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79A31
RGB	rgb(199, 154, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 75.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, 6.68, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 58.64, 83.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0127 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.129 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6654, 35.4776, 7.8745)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79A31 #315EC7

analogous

#C74F31 #C79A31 #A9C731

triadic

#C79A31 #31C79A #9A31C7

tetradic

#C79A31 #31C74F #315EC7 #C731A9

square

#C79A31 #31C74F #315EC7 #C731A9

split-complementary

#C79A31 #31A9C7 #4F31C7

monochromatic

#654E19 #967425 #C79A31 #D7B35E #E3CA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C79A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#C79A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79A31

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79A31	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)

#AE9A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 154, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.129 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb770',
    500: '#c79a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79a31;
$custom-light: #ddb770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7104,
    "c": 0.12874,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79A31

secondary

#869BCE

accent

#74E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79A31

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

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