#C79B2E#C79B2E

#C79B2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.131 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79B2E
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 46)
HSL	hsl(43, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 76.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 6.01, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 59.92, 84.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0105 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.131 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7699, 35.7846, 7.6074)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79B2E #2E5AC7

analogous

#C74E2E #C79B2E #A6C72E

triadic

#C79B2E #2EC79B #9B2EC7

tetradic

#C79B2E #2EC74E #2E5AC7 #C72EA6

square

#C79B2E #2EC74E #2E5AC7 #C72EA6

split-complementary

#C79B2E #2EA6C7 #4E2EC7

monochromatic

#644E17 #957423 #C79B2E #D9B459 #E4CB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C79B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#C79B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B2E

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79B2E	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.131 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb86f',
    500: '#c79b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79b2e;
$custom-light: #ddb86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.745,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71219,
    "c": 0.1308,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79B2E

secondary

#8398CE

accent

#71E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79B2E

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

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