#C79B35#C79B35

#C79B35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.127 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79B35
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 6.32, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 57.30, 83.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% 0.0122 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.127 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9194, 35.8444, 8.3943)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79B35 #3561C7

analogous

#C75235 #C79B35 #AAC735

triadic

#C79B35 #35C79B #9B35C7

tetradic

#C79B35 #35C752 #3561C7 #C735AA

square

#C79B35 #35C752 #3561C7 #C735AA

split-complementary

#C79B35 #35AAC7 #5235C7

monochromatic

#66501B #977528 #C79B35 #D6B364 #E2CB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C79B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#C79B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B35

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79B35	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)

#AE9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.127 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb873',
    500: '#c79b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79b35;
$custom-light: #dcb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7127,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79B35

secondary

#8A9FCE

accent

#75E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79B35

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

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