#C79B23#C79B23

#C79B23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.136 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79B23
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 82.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 5.62, 63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 63.54, 84.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0083 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.136 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5802, 35.7087, 6.6083)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79B23 #234FC7

analogous

#C74923 #C79B23 #A1C723

triadic

#C79B23 #23C79B #9B23C7

tetradic

#C79B23 #23C749 #234FC7 #C723A1

square

#C79B23 #23C749 #234FC7 #C723A1

split-complementary

#C79B23 #23A1C7 #4923C7

monochromatic

#5F4A11 #93721A #C79B23 #DFB648 #E8CB7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C79B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#C79B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B23

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79B23	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.136 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb86a',
    500: '#c79b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79b23;
$custom-light: #ddb86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.902,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71155,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79B23

secondary

#768ED0

accent

#6BED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79B23

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

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