#C79C33#C79C33

#C79C33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.128 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79C33
RGB	rgb(199, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 74.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 5.68, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 58.26, 84.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0101 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.128 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0414, 36.1606, 8.2127)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79C33 #335EC7

analogous

#C75233 #C79C33 #A8C733

triadic

#C79C33 #33C79C #9C33C7

tetradic

#C79C33 #33C752 #335EC7 #C733A8

square

#C79C33 #33C752 #335EC7 #C733A8

split-complementary

#C79C33 #33A8C7 #5233C7

monochromatic

#66501A #967627 #C79C33 #D6B461 #E3CB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C79C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#C79C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79C33

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79C33	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)

#AF9B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.128 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb872',
    500: '#c79c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79c33;
$custom-light: #dcb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.568,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71455,
    "c": 0.12834,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79C33

secondary

#889CCE

accent

#73E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79C33

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

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