#C79C2F#C79C2F

#C79C2F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.131 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79C2F
RGB	rgb(199, 156, 47)
HSL	hsl(43, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 76.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 5.51, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 59.75, 84.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0092 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.131 86)
XYZ	xyz(35.9570, 36.1268, 7.7681)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79C2F #2F5AC7

analogous

#C7502F #C79C2F #A6C72F

triadic

#C79C2F #2FC79C #9C2FC7

tetradic

#C79C2F #2FC750 #2F5AC7 #C72FA6

square

#C79C2F #2FC750 #2F5AC7 #C72FA6

split-complementary

#C79C2F #2FA6C7 #502FC7

monochromatic

#644E18 #957523 #C79C2F #D8B55B #E4CB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C79C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#C79C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79C2F

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79C2F	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#AF9B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 156, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.131 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb870',
    500: '#c79c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79c2f;
$custom-light: #ddb870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.026,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71427,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.36124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79C2F

secondary

#8499CE

accent

#71E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79C2F

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

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