#C79D2A#C79D2A

#C79D2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.134 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D2A
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 42)
HSL	hsl(44, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 4.78, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 61.68, 85.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0065 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.134 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0303, 36.4257, 7.3232)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D2A #2A54C7

analogous

#C74F2A #C79D2A #A3C72A

triadic

#C79D2A #2AC79D #9D2AC7

tetradic

#C79D2A #2AC74F #2A54C7 #C72AA3

square

#C79D2A #2AC74F #2A54C7 #C72AA3

split-complementary

#C79D2A #2AA3C7 #4F2AC7

monochromatic

#624D15 #94751F #C79D2A #DBB753 #E5CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C79D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#C79D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D2A

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D2A	1.00	2.53	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.53	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)

#B19C12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.134 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb96d',
    500: '#c79d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d2a;
$custom-light: #ddb96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.949,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71597,
    "c": 0.13372,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D2A

secondary

#7E94CF

accent

#6DE840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D2A

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

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