#C79B4E#C79B4E

#C79B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.108 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79B4E
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 60.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 7.79, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 46.56, 80.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0197 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.108 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6516, 36.1373, 12.2510)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79B4E #4E7AC7

analogous

#C75F4E #C79B4E #B6C74E

triadic

#C79B4E #4EC79B #9B4EC7

tetradic

#C79B4E #4EC75F #4E7AC7 #C74EB6

square

#C79B4E #4EC75F #4E7AC7 #C74EB6

split-complementary

#C79B4E #4EB6C7 #5F4EC7

monochromatic

#755825 #A47B34 #C79B4E #D6B57C #E4D0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C79B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#C79B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B4E

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79B4E	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.108 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb882',
    500: '#c79b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79b4e;
$custom-light: #dbb882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71517,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79B4E

secondary

#9FB1D2

accent

#80DB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79B4E

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