#C79C2A#C79C2A

#C79C2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.133 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79C2A
RGB	rgb(199, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(44, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 5.32, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 61.50, 85.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.0081 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.133 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8619, 36.0887, 7.2670)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79C2A #2A55C7

analogous

#C74E2A #C79C2A #A3C72A

triadic

#C79C2A #2AC79C #9C2AC7

tetradic

#C79C2A #2AC74E #2A55C7 #C72AA3

square

#C79C2A #2AC74E #2A55C7 #C72AA3

split-complementary

#C79C2A #2AA3C7 #4E2AC7

monochromatic

#624D15 #94741F #C79C2A #DBB653 #E5CB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C79C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#C79C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79C2A

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79C2A	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.133 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb86d',
    500: '#c79c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79c2a;
$custom-light: #ddb86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.567,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71395,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79C2A

secondary

#7E94CF

accent

#6EE840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79C2A

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

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