#C79B34#C79B34

#C79B34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.127 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79B34
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 52)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 73.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 6.27, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 57.69, 83.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0119 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.127 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8966, 35.8352, 8.2744)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79B34 #3460C7

analogous

#C75234 #C79B34 #AAC734

triadic

#C79B34 #34C79B #9B34C7

tetradic

#C79B34 #34C752 #3460C7 #C734AA

square

#C79B34 #34C752 #3460C7 #C734AA

split-complementary

#C79B34 #34AAC7 #5234C7

monochromatic

#664F1B #967527 #C79B34 #D6B362 #E3CB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C79B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#C79B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B34

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79B34	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.127 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb872',
    500: '#c79b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79b34;
$custom-light: #dcb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.041,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71262,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79B34

secondary

#899ECE

accent

#75E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79B34

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

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