#C79D48#C79D48

#C79D48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D48
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 63.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 6.30, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 49.69, 82.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0145 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.114 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7819, 36.7263, 11.2812)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D48 #4872C7

analogous

#C75D48 #C79D48 #B2C748

triadic

#C79D48 #48C79D #9D48C7

tetradic

#C79D48 #48C75D #4872C7 #C748B2

square

#C79D48 #48C75D #4872C7 #C748B2

split-complementary

#C79D48 #48B2C7 #5D48C7

monochromatic

#725823 #A17C31 #C79D48 #D5B677 #E4CFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C79D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#C79D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D48

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D48	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)

#AF9D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb97e',
    500: '#c79d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d48;
$custom-light: #dbb97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.157,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71848,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D48

secondary

#9AACD1

accent

#7BDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D48

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

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