#C79B32#C79B32

#C79B32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.129 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79B32
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 50)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 74.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, 6.18, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 58.45, 83.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% 0.0114 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.129 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8525, 35.8176, 8.0422)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79B32 #325EC7

analogous

#C75132 #C79B32 #A9C732

triadic

#C79B32 #32C79B #9B32C7

tetradic

#C79B32 #32C751 #325EC7 #C732A9

square

#C79B32 #32C751 #325EC7 #C732A9

split-complementary

#C79B32 #32A9C7 #5132C7

monochromatic

#654F19 #967526 #C79B32 #D7B45F #E3CB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C79B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#C79B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B32

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79B32	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)

#AE9B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.129 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb871',
    500: '#c79b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79b32;
$custom-light: #dcb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.282,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71247,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79B32

secondary

#879CCE

accent

#74E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79B32

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

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