#C79B37#C79B37

#C79B37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.125 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79B37
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 6.41, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 56.51, 83.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0127 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.125 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9663, 35.8631, 8.6416)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79B37 #3763C7

analogous

#C75337 #C79B37 #ABC737

triadic

#C79B37 #37C79B #9B37C7

tetradic

#C79B37 #37C753 #3763C7 #C737AB

square

#C79B37 #37C753 #3763C7 #C737AB

split-complementary

#C79B37 #37ABC7 #5337C7

monochromatic

#67501C #97762A #C79B37 #D5B366 #E2CB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C79B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#C79B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B37

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79B37	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)

#AE9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.125 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb874',
    500: '#c79b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79b37;
$custom-light: #dcb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71286,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79B37

secondary

#8CA0CD

accent

#76E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79B37

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

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