#C79D49#C79D49

#C79D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.113 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D49
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, 6.36, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 49.24, 82.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% 0.0148 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.113 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8148, 36.7395, 11.4544)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D49 #4973C7

analogous

#C75E49 #C79D49 #B2C749

triadic

#C79D49 #49C79D #9D49C7

tetradic

#C79D49 #49C75E #4973C7 #C749B2

square

#C79D49 #49C75E #4973C7 #C749B2

split-complementary

#C79D49 #49B2C7 #5E49C7

monochromatic

#725823 #A17C32 #C79D49 #D5B678 #E4CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C79D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#C79D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D49

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D49	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.113 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb97f',
    500: '#c79d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d49;
$custom-light: #dbb97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71859,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D49

secondary

#9BADD1

accent

#7CDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D49

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

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