#C79D52#C79D52

#C79D52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.106 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D52
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 82)
HSL	hsl(38, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 58.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, 7.00, 44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 45.12, 81.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0179 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.106 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1350, 36.8676, 13.1412)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D52 #527CC7

analogous

#C76352 #C79D52 #B6C752

triadic

#C79D52 #52C79D #9D52C7

tetradic

#C79D52 #52C763 #527CC7 #C752B6

square

#C79D52 #52C763 #527CC7 #C752B6

split-complementary

#C79D52 #52B6C7 #6352C7

monochromatic

#785B27 #A67E36 #C79D52 #D6B780 #E5D1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C79D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#C79D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D52

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D52	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)

#AE9D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.106 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb985',
    500: '#c79d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d52;
$custom-light: #dbb985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.462,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71966,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D52

secondary

#A2B3D3

accent

#80DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D52

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

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