#C79D3E#C79D3E

#C79D3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.122 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D3E
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 68.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 5.70, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 54.05, 83.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0115 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.122 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4818, 36.6063, 9.7007)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D3E #3E68C7

analogous

#C7583E #C79D3E #ACC73E

triadic

#C79D3E #3EC79D #9D3EC7

tetradic

#C79D3E #3EC758 #3E68C7 #C73EAC

square

#C79D3E #3EC758 #3E68C7 #C73EAC

split-complementary

#C79D3E #3EACC7 #583EC7

monochromatic

#6B541F #9B792D #C79D3E #D5B56D #E3CD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C79D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C79D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D3E

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D3E	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)

#B09D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.122 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb978',
    500: '#c79d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d3e;
$custom-light: #dcb978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.606,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71748,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D3E

secondary

#92A5CF

accent

#77DE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D3E

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

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