#C79D24#C79D24

#C79D24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.137 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D24
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 81.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, 4.58, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 63.60, 85.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0054 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.137 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9309, 36.3859, 6.7994)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D24 #244EC7

analogous

#C74B24 #C79D24 #9FC724

triadic

#C79D24 #24C79D #9D24C7

tetradic

#C79D24 #24C74B #244EC7 #C7249F

square

#C79D24 #24C74B #244EC7 #C7249F

split-complementary

#C79D24 #249FC7 #4B24C7

monochromatic

#5F4B11 #93741B #C79D24 #DEB84A #E8CC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C79D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#C79D24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D24

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D24	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)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA72C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.137 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb96a',
    500: '#c79d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d24;
$custom-light: #ddb96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.54,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71563,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D24

secondary

#778ED0

accent

#69EC3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D24

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

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