#C79B24#C79B24

#C79B24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.136 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79B24
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 36)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 81.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 5.66, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 63.24, 84.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0084 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.136 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5953, 35.7147, 6.6876)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79B24 #2450C7

analogous

#C74924 #C79B24 #A1C724

triadic

#C79B24 #24C79B #9B24C7

tetradic

#C79B24 #24C749 #2450C7 #C724A1

square

#C79B24 #24C749 #2450C7 #C724A1

split-complementary

#C79B24 #24A1C7 #4924C7

monochromatic

#5F4A11 #93731B #C79B24 #DEB64A #E8CB7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C79B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#C79B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B24

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79B24	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)

#AF9A02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.136 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb86a',
    500: '#c79b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79b24;
$custom-light: #ddb86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.804,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7116,
    "c": 0.13574,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79B24

secondary

#778FD0

accent

#6BEC3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79B24

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

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