#C79C3F#C79C3F

#C79C3F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.120 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79C3F
RGB	rgb(199, 156, 63)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 68.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 6.29, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 53.42, 83.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0133 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.12 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3410, 36.2804, 9.7904)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79C3F #3F6AC7

analogous

#C7583F #C79C3F #AEC73F

triadic

#C79C3F #3FC79C #9C3FC7

tetradic

#C79C3F #3FC758 #3F6AC7 #C73FAE

square

#C79C3F #3FC758 #3F6AC7 #C73FAE

split-complementary

#C79C3F #3FAEC7 #583FC7

monochromatic

#6C5420 #9B792D #C79C3F #D5B46E #E3CD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C79C3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#C79C3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79C3F

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79C3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79C3F	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79c3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 156, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.120 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb879',
    500: '#c79c3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79c3f;
$custom-light: #dcb879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79c3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.029,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71556,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79C3F

secondary

#93A6CF

accent

#79DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79C3F

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

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