#C79D36#C79D36

#C79D36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.127 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D36
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 5.28, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 57.30, 84.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0093 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.127 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2782, 36.5249, 8.6285)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D36 #3660C7

analogous

#C75536 #C79D36 #A8C736

triadic

#C79D36 #36C79D #9D36C7

tetradic

#C79D36 #36C755 #3660C7 #C736A8

square

#C79D36 #36C755 #3660C7 #C736A8

split-complementary

#C79D36 #36A8C7 #5536C7

monochromatic

#67511C #977729 #C79D36 #D5B565 #E2CC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C79D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#C79D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D36

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D36	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)

#B09C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.127 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb973',
    500: '#c79d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d36;
$custom-light: #dcb973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.621,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71679,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D36

secondary

#8B9ECE

accent

#74E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D36

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

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