#C79D46#C79D46

#C79D46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.116 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D46
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 70)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 64.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, 6.17, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 50.58, 82.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% 0.0139 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.116 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7177, 36.7007, 10.9432)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D46 #4670C7

analogous

#C75C46 #C79D46 #B1C746

triadic

#C79D46 #46C79D #9D46C7

tetradic

#C79D46 #46C75C #4670C7 #C746B1

square

#C79D46 #46C75C #4670C7 #C746B1

split-complementary

#C79D46 #46B1C7 #5C46C7

monochromatic

#715722 #A07B30 #C79D46 #D5B675 #E3CFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C79D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#C79D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D46

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D46	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.116 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb97d',
    500: '#c79d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d46;
$custom-light: #dcb97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.465,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71826,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D46

secondary

#98ABD0

accent

#7ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D46

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

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