#C79D43#C79D43

#C79D43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.118 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D43
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 67)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 66.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, 5.98, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 51.90, 83.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.013 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.118 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6253, 36.6637, 10.4568)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D43 #436DC7

analogous

#C75B43 #C79D43 #AFC743

triadic

#C79D43 #43C79D #9D43C7

tetradic

#C79D43 #43C75B #436DC7 #C743AF

square

#C79D43 #43C75B #436DC7 #C743AF

split-complementary

#C79D43 #43AFC7 #5B43C7

monochromatic

#6F5621 #9E7B2F #C79D43 #D5B672 #E3CEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C79D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#C79D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D43

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D43	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)

#AF9D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.118 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb97b',
    500: '#c79d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d43;
$custom-light: #dcb97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71796,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D43

secondary

#96A8D0

accent

#79DD4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D43

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

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