#C79D37#C79D37

#C79D37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D37
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 5.33, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 56.91, 84.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0096 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.126 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3019, 36.5343, 8.7535)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D37 #3761C7

analogous

#C75537 #C79D37 #A9C737

triadic

#C79D37 #37C79D #9D37C7

tetradic

#C79D37 #37C755 #3761C7 #C737A9

square

#C79D37 #37C755 #3761C7 #C737A9

split-complementary

#C79D37 #37A9C7 #5537C7

monochromatic

#67511C #97772A #C79D37 #D5B566 #E2CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C79D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#C79D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D37

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D37	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb974',
    500: '#c79d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d37;
$custom-light: #dcb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71687,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D37

secondary

#8C9FCD

accent

#74E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D37

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

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