#C79D4E#C79D4E

#C79D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.109 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D4E
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 60.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 6.71, 46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 46.97, 81.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% 0.0165 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.109 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9872, 36.8085, 12.3629)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D4E #4E78C7

analogous

#C7614E #C79D4E #B4C74E

triadic

#C79D4E #4EC79D #9D4EC7

tetradic

#C79D4E #4EC761 #4E78C7 #C74EB4

square

#C79D4E #4EC761 #4E78C7 #C74EB4

split-complementary

#C79D4E #4EB4C7 #614EC7

monochromatic

#755A25 #A47D34 #C79D4E #D6B77C #E4D0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C79D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#C79D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D4E

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D4E	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.109 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb982',
    500: '#c79d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d4e;
$custom-light: #dbb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.174,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71916,
    "c": 0.10918,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D4E

secondary

#9FB1D2

accent

#7EDB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D4E

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

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