#C79C35#C79C35

#C79C35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.127 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79C35
RGB	rgb(199, 156, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 5.78, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 57.49, 84.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0106 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.127 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0865, 36.1786, 8.4500)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79C35 #3560C7

analogous

#C75335 #C79C35 #A9C735

triadic

#C79C35 #35C79C #9C35C7

tetradic

#C79C35 #35C753 #3560C7 #C735A9

square

#C79C35 #35C753 #3560C7 #C735A9

split-complementary

#C79C35 #35A9C7 #5335C7

monochromatic

#66501B #977628 #C79C35 #D6B464 #E2CB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C79C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#C79C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79C35

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79C35	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 156, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.127 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb873',
    500: '#c79c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79c35;
$custom-light: #dcb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.329,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71471,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79C35

secondary

#8A9ECE

accent

#74E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79C35

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

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