#C79B49#C79B49

#C79B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.113 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79B49
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 7.45, 48.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 48.83, 81.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.018 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.113 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4792, 36.0683, 11.3426)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79B49 #4975C7

analogous

#C75C49 #C79B49 #B4C749

triadic

#C79B49 #49C79B #9B49C7

tetradic

#C79B49 #49C75C #4975C7 #C749B4

square

#C79B49 #49C75C #4975C7 #C749B4

split-complementary

#C79B49 #49B4C7 #5C49C7

monochromatic

#725723 #A17A32 #C79B49 #D5B578 #E4CEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C79B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#C79B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B49

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79B49	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.113 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb87f',
    500: '#c79b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79b49;
$custom-light: #dbb87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.048,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71459,
    "c": 0.11252,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79B49

secondary

#9BAED1

accent

#7EDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79B49

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

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