#C79B44#C79B44

#C79B44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.116 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79B44
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 68)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 65.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 7.13, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 51.05, 81.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.0164 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.116 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3200, 36.0046, 10.5043)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79B44 #4470C7

analogous

#C75944 #C79B44 #B2C744

triadic

#C79B44 #44C79B #9B44C7

tetradic

#C79B44 #44C759 #4470C7 #C744B2

square

#C79B44 #44C759 #4470C7 #C744B2

split-complementary

#C79B44 #44B2C7 #5944C7

monochromatic

#6F5521 #9E792F #C79B44 #D5B473 #E3CDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C79B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C79B44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B44

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79B44	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)

#AD9B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.116 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb87c',
    500: '#c79b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79b44;
$custom-light: #dcb87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.847,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71405,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79B44

secondary

#97AAD0

accent

#7CDD4B

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79B44

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

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