#C79D40#C79D40

#C79D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.120 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D40
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, 5.81, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 53.20, 83.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0121 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.12 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5377, 36.6286, 9.9951)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D40 #406AC7

analogous

#C75A40 #C79D40 #AEC740

triadic

#C79D40 #40C79D #9D40C7

tetradic

#C79D40 #40C75A #406AC7 #C740AE

square

#C79D40 #40C75A #406AC7 #C740AE

split-complementary

#C79D40 #40AEC7 #5A40C7

monochromatic

#6D5520 #9C7A2E #C79D40 #D5B56F #E3CE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C79D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#C79D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D40

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D40	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.120 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb979',
    500: '#c79d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d40;
$custom-light: #dcb979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71766,
    "c": 0.12013,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D40

secondary

#94A6CF

accent

#78DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D40

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

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