#C79B2A#C79B2A

#C79B2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.133 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79B2A
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 42)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 5.86, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 61.31, 84.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0096 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.133 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6947, 35.7545, 7.2113)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79B2A #2A56C7

analogous

#C74D2A #C79B2A #A4C72A

triadic

#C79B2A #2AC79B #9B2AC7

tetradic

#C79B2A #2AC74D #2A56C7 #C72AA4

square

#C79B2A #2AC74D #2A56C7 #C72AA4

split-complementary

#C79B2A #2AA4C7 #4D2AC7

monochromatic

#624C15 #94741F #C79B2A #DBB553 #E5CB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C79B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#C79B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B2A

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79B2A	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.133 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb86d',
    500: '#c79b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79b2a;
$custom-light: #ddb86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.185,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71194,
    "c": 0.13291,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79B2A

secondary

#7E95CF

accent

#6FE840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79B2A

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

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