#C79D85#C79D85

#C79D85 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.060 H 51.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79D85
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 133)
HSL	hsl(22, 37%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(22, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 33.2%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 12.21, 18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 22.18, 56.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0379 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.061 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8447, 37.9515, 27.4124)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79D85 #85AFC7

analogous

#C7858E #C79D85 #C7BE85

triadic

#C79D85 #85C79D #9D85C7

tetradic

#C79D85 #8EC785 #85AFC7 #BE85C7

square

#C79D85 #8EC785 #85AFC7 #BE85C7

split-complementary

#C79D85 #85C7BE #858EC7

monochromatic

#905E42 #B47B5B #C79D85 #DABFAF #EEE0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C79D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C79D85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79D85

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79D85	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.060 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9baa8',
    500: '#c79d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79d85;
$custom-light: #d9baa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 37.079,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7286,
    "c": 0.0605,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79D85

secondary

#C9D7DF

accent

#83B036

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79D85

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

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