#C79D39#C79D39

#C79D39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.125 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D39
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, 5.43, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 56.11, 84.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0101 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.125 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3508, 36.5539, 9.0111)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D39 #3963C7

analogous

#C75639 #C79D39 #AAC739

triadic

#C79D39 #39C79D #9D39C7

tetradic

#C79D39 #39C756 #3963C7 #C739AA

square

#C79D39 #39C756 #3963C7 #C739AA

split-complementary

#C79D39 #39AAC7 #5639C7

monochromatic

#68521D #98782B #C79D39 #D4B569 #E2CC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C79D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#C79D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D39

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D39	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)

#B09C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.125 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb975',
    500: '#c79d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d39;
$custom-light: #dcb975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71704,
    "c": 0.12498,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D39

secondary

#8EA1CE

accent

#75DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D39

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

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