#C79C31#C79C31

#C79C31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.130 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79C31
RGB	rgb(199, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 75.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, 5.60, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 59.01, 84.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0096 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.13 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9983, 36.1433, 7.9855)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79C31 #315CC7

analogous

#C75131 #C79C31 #A7C731

triadic

#C79C31 #31C79C #9C31C7

tetradic

#C79C31 #31C751 #315CC7 #C731A7

square

#C79C31 #31C751 #315CC7 #C731A7

split-complementary

#C79C31 #31A7C7 #5131C7

monochromatic

#654F19 #967625 #C79C31 #D7B55E #E3CB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C79C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#C79C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79C31

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79C31	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)

#AF9B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.130 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb871',
    500: '#c79c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79c31;
$custom-light: #dcb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.8,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71441,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79C31

secondary

#869BCE

accent

#72E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79C31

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

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