#C79B60#C79B60

#C79B60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.093 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79B60
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 96)
HSL	hsl(34, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 51.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 9.25, 37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 38.16, 75.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0262 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.093 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3876, 36.4316, 16.1268)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79B60 #608CC7

analogous

#C76760 #C79B60 #BFC760

triadic

#C79B60 #60C79B #9B60C7

tetradic

#C79B60 #60C767 #608CC7 #C760BF

square

#C79B60 #60C767 #608CC7 #C760BF

split-complementary

#C79B60 #60BFC7 #6760C7

monochromatic

#805C2D #AD7D3D #C79B60 #D7B78D #E7D4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C79B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#C79B60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B60

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79B60	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.093 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab88e',
    500: '#c79b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79b60;
$custom-light: #dab88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.369,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71765,
    "c": 0.09274,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79B60

secondary

#ADBED6

accent

#8AD750

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79B60

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

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