#C79C8A#C79C8A

#C79C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.058 H 43.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79C8A
RGB	rgb(199, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(18, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(18, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 30.7%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 13.41, 15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 20.53, 49.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0416 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.058 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0299, 37.7560, 29.2189)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79C8A #8AB5C7

analogous

#C78A96 #C79C8A #C7BA8A

triadic

#C79C8A #8AC79C #9C8AC7

tetradic

#C79C8A #96C78A #8AB5C7 #BA8AC7

square

#C79C8A #96C78A #8AB5C7 #BA8AC7

split-complementary

#C79C8A #8AC7BA #8A96C7

monochromatic

#915C45 #B37961 #C79C8A #DBBFB3 #EFE2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C79C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C79C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79C8A

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79C8A	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A98A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.058 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b9ac',
    500: '#c79c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79c8a;
$custom-light: #d9b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.705,
    "s": 35.26,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72782,
    "c": 0.05764,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79C8A

secondary

#CCDBE0

accent

#8BAE37

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79C8A

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

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