#C79D30#C79D30

#C79D30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.131 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D30
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 48)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 75.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, 5.01, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 59.58, 85.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% 0.0078 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.131 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1459, 36.4719, 7.9317)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D30 #305AC7

analogous

#C75130 #C79D30 #A5C730

triadic

#C79D30 #30C79D #9D30C7

tetradic

#C79D30 #30C751 #305AC7 #C730A5

square

#C79D30 #30C751 #305AC7 #C730A5

split-complementary

#C79D30 #30A5C7 #5130C7

monochromatic

#644F18 #967624 #C79D30 #D8B55C #E4CC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C79D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#C79D30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D30

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D30	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.131 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb970',
    500: '#c79d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d30;
$custom-light: #ddb970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.311,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71635,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D30

secondary

#8599CE

accent

#70E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D30

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

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