#C79C24#C79C24

#C79C24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.136 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79C24
RGB	rgb(199, 156, 36)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 81.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 5.12, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 63.42, 85.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0069 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.136 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7624, 36.0490, 6.7433)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79C24 #244FC7

analogous

#C74A24 #C79C24 #A0C724

triadic

#C79C24 #24C79C #9C24C7

tetradic

#C79C24 #24C74A #244FC7 #C724A0

square

#C79C24 #24C74A #244FC7 #C724A0

split-complementary

#C79C24 #24A0C7 #4A24C7

monochromatic

#5F4B11 #93731B #C79C24 #DEB74A #E8CC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C79C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#C79C24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79C24

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79C24	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)

#B09B01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA72B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 156, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.136 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb86a',
    500: '#c79c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79c24;
$custom-light: #ddb86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.172,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71361,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79C24

secondary

#778ED0

accent

#6AEC3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79C24

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

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