#C79B2C#C79B2C

#C79B2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.132 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79B2C
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 44)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 77.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 5.93, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 60.63, 84.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.01 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.132 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7314, 35.7692, 7.4046)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79B2C #2C58C7

analogous

#C74E2C #C79B2C #A5C72C

triadic

#C79B2C #2CC79B #9B2CC7

tetradic

#C79B2C #2CC74E #2C58C7 #C72CA5

square

#C79B2C #2CC74E #2C58C7 #C72CA5

split-complementary

#C79B2C #2CA5C7 #4E2CC7

monochromatic

#634D16 #957421 #C79B2C #DAB456 #E5CB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C79B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#C79B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B2C

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79B2C	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)

#AF9B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.132 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb86e',
    500: '#c79b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79b2c;
$custom-light: #ddb86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.968,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71206,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79B2C

secondary

#8096CF

accent

#70E741

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79B2C

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

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