#C79C30#C79C30

#C79C30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.130 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79C30
RGB	rgb(199, 156, 48)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 75.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 5.55, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 59.38, 84.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0094 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.13 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9774, 36.1349, 7.8756)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79C30 #305BC7

analogous

#C75030 #C79C30 #A6C730

triadic

#C79C30 #30C79C #9C30C7

tetradic

#C79C30 #30C750 #305BC7 #C730A6

square

#C79C30 #30C750 #305BC7 #C730A6

split-complementary

#C79C30 #30A6C7 #5030C7

monochromatic

#644F18 #967524 #C79C30 #D8B55C #E4CB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C79C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#C79C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79C30

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79C30	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 156, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.130 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb870',
    500: '#c79c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79c30;
$custom-light: #ddb870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.914,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71434,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79C30

secondary

#859ACE

accent

#71E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79C30

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

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