#C79A3D#C79A3D

#C79A3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.121 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79A3D
RGB	rgb(199, 154, 61)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 69.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 7.26, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 53.87, 82.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0159 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.121 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9533, 35.5927, 9.3904)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79A3D #3D6AC7

analogous

#C7553D #C79A3D #AFC73D

triadic

#C79A3D #3DC79A #9A3DC7

tetradic

#C79A3D #3DC755 #3D6AC7 #C73DAF

square

#C79A3D #3DC755 #3D6AC7 #C73DAF

split-complementary

#C79A3D #3DAFC7 #553DC7

monochromatic

#6B521F #9A762D #C79A3D #D5B36C #E2CB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C79A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#C79A3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79A3D

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79A3D	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 154, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.121 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb777',
    500: '#c79a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79a3d;
$custom-light: #dcb777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.435,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71138,
    "c": 0.12111,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79A3D

secondary

#91A5CE

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79A3D

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

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