#C79A3F#C79A3F

#C79A3F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.120 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79A3F
RGB	rgb(199, 154, 63)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 68.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 7.37, 52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 53.02, 82.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0165 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.12 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0081, 35.6147, 9.6795)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79A3F #3F6CC7

analogous

#C7563F #C79A3F #B0C73F

triadic

#C79A3F #3FC79A #9A3FC7

tetradic

#C79A3F #3FC756 #3F6CC7 #C73FB0

square

#C79A3F #3FC756 #3F6CC7 #C73FB0

split-complementary

#C79A3F #3FB0C7 #563FC7

monochromatic

#6C5320 #9B772D #C79A3F #D5B36E #E3CC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C79A3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#C79A3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79A3F

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79A3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79A3F	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)

#AD9A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79a3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 154, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.120 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb778',
    500: '#c79a3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79a3f;
$custom-light: #dcb778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79a3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.147,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71156,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79A3F

secondary

#93A7CF

accent

#7BDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79A3F

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

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