#C79D56#C79D56

#C79D56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.102 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D56
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 56.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 7.31, 42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 43.25, 80.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0193 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.102 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2917, 36.9303, 13.9664)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D56 #5680C7

analogous

#C76456 #C79D56 #B8C756

triadic

#C79D56 #56C79D #9D56C7

tetradic

#C79D56 #56C764 #5680C7 #C756B8

square

#C79D56 #56C764 #5680C7 #C756B8

split-complementary

#C79D56 #56B8C7 #6456C7

monochromatic

#7A5C28 #A87E38 #C79D56 #D6B884 #E5D2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C79D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#C79D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D56

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D56	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.102 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb987',
    500: '#c79d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d56;
$custom-light: #dbb987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.699,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72018,
    "c": 0.10229,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D56

secondary

#A5B6D4

accent

#82DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D56

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

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