#C79D50#C79D50

#C79D50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.107 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D50
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 80)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 59.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 6.85, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 46.05, 81.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0172 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.107 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0600, 36.8376, 12.7463)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D50 #507AC7

analogous

#C76250 #C79D50 #B5C750

triadic

#C79D50 #50C79D #9D50C7

tetradic

#C79D50 #50C762 #507AC7 #C750B5

square

#C79D50 #50C762 #507AC7 #C750B5

split-complementary

#C79D50 #50B5C7 #6250C7

monochromatic

#775A26 #A57D35 #C79D50 #D6B77E #E5D1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C79D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#C79D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D50

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D50	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.107 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb983',
    500: '#c79d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d50;
$custom-light: #dbb983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71941,
    "c": 0.10749,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D50

secondary

#A0B2D2

accent

#7FDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D50

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

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