#C79C49#C79C49

#C79C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.113 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79C49
RGB	rgb(199, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 6.91, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 49.03, 81.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% 0.0164 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.113 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6463, 36.4025, 11.3983)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79C49 #4974C7

analogous

#C75D49 #C79C49 #B3C749

triadic

#C79C49 #49C79C #9C49C7

tetradic

#C79C49 #49C75D #4974C7 #C749B3

square

#C79C49 #49C75D #4974C7 #C749B3

split-complementary

#C79C49 #49B3C7 #5D49C7

monochromatic

#725723 #A17B32 #C79C49 #D5B578 #E4CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C79C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#C79C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79C49

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79C49	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.113 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb97f',
    500: '#c79c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79c49;
$custom-light: #dbb97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.524,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71659,
    "c": 0.11288,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79C49

secondary

#9BADD1

accent

#7DDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79C49

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

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