#C79C41#C79C41

#C79C41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.119 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79C41
RGB	rgb(199, 156, 65)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 67.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 6.41, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 52.56, 83.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% 0.0139 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.119 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3979, 36.3031, 10.0901)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79C41 #416CC7

analogous

#C75941 #C79C41 #AFC741

triadic

#C79C41 #41C79C #9C41C7

tetradic

#C79C41 #41C759 #416CC7 #C741AF

square

#C79C41 #41C759 #416CC7 #C741AF

split-complementary

#C79C41 #41AFC7 #5941C7

monochromatic

#6D5520 #9D792E #C79C41 #D5B570 #E3CDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C79C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#C79C41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79C41

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79C41	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)

#AF9C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 156, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.119 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb97a',
    500: '#c79c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79c41;
$custom-light: #dcb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.746,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71575,
    "c": 0.119,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79C41

secondary

#95A7CF

accent

#79DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79C41

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

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