#C79B33#C79B33

#C79B33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.128 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79B33
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 74.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 6.23, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 58.07, 83.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0117 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.128 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8743, 35.8263, 8.1570)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79B33 #335FC7

analogous

#C75133 #C79B33 #A9C733

triadic

#C79B33 #33C79B #9B33C7

tetradic

#C79B33 #33C751 #335FC7 #C733A9

square

#C79B33 #33C751 #335FC7 #C733A9

split-complementary

#C79B33 #33A9C7 #5133C7

monochromatic

#664F1A #967527 #C79B33 #D6B361 #E3CB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C79B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#C79B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B33

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79B33	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)

#AE9B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.128 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb872',
    500: '#c79b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79b33;
$custom-light: #dcb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71255,
    "c": 0.12794,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79B33

secondary

#889DCE

accent

#74E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79B33

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

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