#C79D35#C79D35

#C79D35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.128 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D35
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 5.24, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 57.69, 84.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.009 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.128 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2550, 36.5156, 8.5061)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D35 #355FC7

analogous

#C75435 #C79D35 #A8C735

triadic

#C79D35 #35C79D #9D35C7

tetradic

#C79D35 #35C754 #355FC7 #C735A8

square

#C79D35 #35C754 #355FC7 #C735A8

split-complementary

#C79D35 #35A8C7 #5435C7

monochromatic

#66511B #977728 #C79D35 #D6B564 #E2CC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C79D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#C79D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D35

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D35	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.128 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb973',
    500: '#c79d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d35;
$custom-light: #dcb973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.74,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71672,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D35

secondary

#8A9ECE

accent

#73E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D35

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

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