#C79B41#C79B41

#C79B41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.119 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79B41
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 65)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 67.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 6.95, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 52.36, 82.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0155 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.119 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2308, 35.9689, 10.0344)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79B41 #416DC7

analogous

#C75841 #C79B41 #B0C741

triadic

#C79B41 #41C79B #9B41C7

tetradic

#C79B41 #41C758 #416DC7 #C741B0

square

#C79B41 #41C758 #416DC7 #C741B0

split-complementary

#C79B41 #41B0C7 #5841C7

monochromatic

#6D5420 #9D782E #C79B41 #D5B470 #E3CDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C79B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#C79B41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B41

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79B41	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.119 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb87a',
    500: '#c79b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79b41;
$custom-light: #dcb87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.299,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71375,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79B41

secondary

#95A8CF

accent

#7BDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79B41

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

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