#C79A32#C79A32

#C79A32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.128 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79A32
RGB	rgb(199, 154, 50)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 74.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, 6.72, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 58.26, 83.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0.013 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.128 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6868, 35.4861, 7.9869)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79A32 #325FC7

analogous

#C75032 #C79A32 #AAC732

triadic

#C79A32 #32C79A #9A32C7

tetradic

#C79A32 #32C750 #325FC7 #C732AA

square

#C79A32 #32C750 #325FC7 #C732AA

split-complementary

#C79A32 #32AAC7 #5032C7

monochromatic

#654E19 #967426 #C79A32 #D7B35F #E3CA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C79A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#C79A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79A32

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79A32	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 154, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.128 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb771',
    500: '#c79a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79a32;
$custom-light: #ddb771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.879,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71047,
    "c": 0.12816,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79A32

secondary

#879CCE

accent

#75E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79A32

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

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