#C79D38#C79D38

#C79D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D38
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 5.38, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 56.51, 84.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0098 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.126 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3261, 36.5440, 8.8810)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D38 #3862C7

analogous

#C75638 #C79D38 #A9C738

triadic

#C79D38 #38C79D #9D38C7

tetradic

#C79D38 #38C756 #3862C7 #C738A9

square

#C79D38 #38C756 #3862C7 #C738A9

split-complementary

#C79D38 #38A9C7 #5638C7

monochromatic

#67521D #97772B #C79D38 #D4B568 #E2CC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C79D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#C79D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D38

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D38	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)

#B09C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb975',
    500: '#c79d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d38;
$custom-light: #dcb975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.378,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71696,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D38

secondary

#8DA0CD

accent

#75DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D38

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

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