#C79D3F#C79D3F

#C79D3F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.121 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D3F
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 63)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 68.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, 5.75, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 53.62, 83.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0118 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.121 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5095, 36.6174, 9.8466)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D3F #3F69C7

analogous

#C7593F #C79D3F #ADC73F

triadic

#C79D3F #3FC79D #9D3FC7

tetradic

#C79D3F #3FC759 #3F69C7 #C73FAD

square

#C79D3F #3FC759 #3F69C7 #C73FAD

split-complementary

#C79D3F #3FADC7 #593FC7

monochromatic

#6C5420 #9B792D #C79D3F #D5B56E #E3CD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C79D3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C79D3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D3F

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D3F	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)

#B09D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.121 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb979',
    500: '#c79d3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d3f;
$custom-light: #dcb979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.471,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71757,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D3F

secondary

#93A5CF

accent

#77DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D3F

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

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