#C79C36#C79C36

#C79C36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.127 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79C36
RGB	rgb(199, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 5.82, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 57.10, 84.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0109 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.127 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1097, 36.1879, 8.5724)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79C36 #3661C7

analogous

#C75436 #C79C36 #AAC736

triadic

#C79C36 #36C79C #9C36C7

tetradic

#C79C36 #36C754 #3661C7 #C736AA

square

#C79C36 #36C754 #3661C7 #C736AA

split-complementary

#C79C36 #36AAC7 #5436C7

monochromatic

#67511C #977629 #C79C36 #D5B465 #E2CB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C79C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#C79C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79C36

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79C36	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)

#AF9C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.127 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb873',
    500: '#c79c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79c36;
$custom-light: #dcb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.207,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71478,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79C36

secondary

#8B9FCE

accent

#75E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79C36

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

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