#C79B43#C79B43

#C79B43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.117 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79B43
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 67)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 66.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 7.07, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 51.49, 82.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.0161 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.117 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2897, 35.9925, 10.3450)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79B43 #436FC7

analogous

#C75943 #C79B43 #B1C743

triadic

#C79B43 #43C79B #9B43C7

tetradic

#C79B43 #43C759 #436FC7 #C743B1

square

#C79B43 #43C759 #436FC7 #C743B1

split-complementary

#C79B43 #43B1C7 #5943C7

monochromatic

#6F5521 #9E792F #C79B43 #D5B472 #E3CDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C79B43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C79B43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B43

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79B43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79B43	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79b43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.117 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb87b',
    500: '#c79b43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79b43;
$custom-light: #dcb87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79b43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71395,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79B43

secondary

#96A9D0

accent

#7BDD4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79B43

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

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