#C79B2F#C79B2F

#C79B2F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.130 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C79B2F
RGBrgb(199, 155, 47)
HSLhsl(43, 62%, 48%)
HSVhsv(43, 76%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22.1%, 76.4%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(66.36, 6.05, 59.25)
CIE-LCHlch(66.36, 59.56, 84.17°)
OKLaboklab(71.23% 0.0107 0.1298)
OKLCHoklch(71.23% 0.13 85.3)
XYZxyz(35.7899, 35.7926, 7.7124)
Luminance0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C79B2F #2F5BC7
analogous
#C74F2F #C79B2F #A7C72F
triadic
#C79B2F #2FC79B #9B2FC7
tetradic
#C79B2F #2FC74F #2F5BC7 #C72FA7
square
#C79B2F #2FC74F #2F5BC7 #C72FA7
split-complementary
#C79B2F #2FA7C7 #4F2FC7
monochromatic
#644E18 #957423 #C79B2F #D8B45B #E4CB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57
#C79B2F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16
#C79B2F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B2F
8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C79B2F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C79B2F1.002.578.168.16
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1621.001.001.00
##0000008.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AF9B1C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9A634
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D88D86
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c79b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.130 85.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb86f',
    500: '#c79b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c79b2f;
$custom-light: #ddb86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c79b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.632,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71226,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C79B2F
secondary
#8499CE
accent
#72E543
background
#FEFBF7
surface
#FCF6ED
border
#D5D0C8
text
#161108
muted
#84807B

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#C79B2F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva