#C79B8A#C79B8A

#C79B8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.058 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79B8A
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(17, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(17, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 30.7%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 13.95, 15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 20.64, 47.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% 0.0432 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.058 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8628, 37.4217, 29.1632)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79B8A #8AB6C7

analogous

#C78A97 #C79B8A #C7B98A

triadic

#C79B8A #8AC79B #9B8AC7

tetradic

#C79B8A #97C78A #8AB6C7 #B98AC7

square

#C79B8A #97C78A #8AB6C7 #B98AC7

split-complementary

#C79B8A #8AC7B9 #8A97C7

monochromatic

#915B45 #B37861 #C79B8A #DBBEB3 #EFE2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C79B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#C79B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79B8A

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79B8A	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A88A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.058 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b8ac',
    500: '#c79b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79b8a;
$custom-light: #d9b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.721,
    "s": 35.26,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72589,
    "c": 0.05823,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79B8A

secondary

#CCDBE0

accent

#8DAE37

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79B8A

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

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