#C79D60#C79D60

#C79D60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.093 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D60
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 96)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 51.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 8.16, 37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 38.53, 77.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% 0.023 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.093 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7232, 37.1028, 16.2387)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D60 #608AC7

analogous

#C76960 #C79D60 #BDC760

triadic

#C79D60 #60C79D #9D60C7

tetradic

#C79D60 #60C769 #608AC7 #C760BD

square

#C79D60 #60C769 #608AC7 #C760BD

split-complementary

#C79D60 #60BDC7 #6960C7

monochromatic

#805E2D #AD7F3D #C79D60 #D7B98D #E7D5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C79D60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#C79D60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D60

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D60	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.093 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab98e',
    500: '#c79d60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d60;
$custom-light: #dab98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.534,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72161,
    "c": 0.09324,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D60

secondary

#ADBED6

accent

#87D750

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D60

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

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