#C79D3D#C79D3D

#C79D3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.122 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D3D
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 69.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, 5.64, 54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 54.46, 84.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.0112 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.122 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4546, 36.5954, 9.5575)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D3D #3D67C7

analogous

#C7583D #C79D3D #ACC73D

triadic

#C79D3D #3DC79D #9D3DC7

tetradic

#C79D3D #3DC758 #3D67C7 #C73DAC

square

#C79D3D #3DC758 #3D67C7 #C73DAC

split-complementary

#C79D3D #3DACC7 #583DC7

monochromatic

#6B541F #9A792D #C79D3D #D5B56C #E2CD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C79D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C79D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D3D

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D3D	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.122 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb977',
    500: '#c79d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d3d;
$custom-light: #dcb977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71738,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D3D

secondary

#91A4CE

accent

#77DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D3D

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

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