#C79D47#C79D47

#C79D47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D47
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 71)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 64.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, 6.23, 49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 50.14, 82.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0142 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.115 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7495, 36.7134, 11.1108)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D47 #4771C7

analogous

#C75D47 #C79D47 #B1C747

triadic

#C79D47 #47C79D #9D47C7

tetradic

#C79D47 #47C75D #4771C7 #C747B1

square

#C79D47 #47C75D #4771C7 #C747B1

split-complementary

#C79D47 #47B1C7 #5D47C7

monochromatic

#715722 #A07C31 #C79D47 #D5B676 #E4CFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C79D47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#C79D47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D47

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D47	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)

#AF9D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb97e',
    500: '#c79d47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d47;
$custom-light: #dcb97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.313,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71837,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D47

secondary

#99ABD1

accent

#7BDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D47

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

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