#C79E24#C79E24

#C79E24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.137 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79E24
RGB	rgb(199, 158, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 81.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 4.04, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 63.79, 86.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0038 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.137 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1008, 36.7257, 6.8561)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79E24 #244DC7

analogous

#C74C24 #C79E24 #9EC724

triadic

#C79E24 #24C79E #9E24C7

tetradic

#C79E24 #24C74C #244DC7 #C7249E

square

#C79E24 #24C74C #244DC7 #C7249E

split-complementary

#C79E24 #249EC7 #4C24C7

monochromatic

#5F4C11 #93751B #C79E24 #DEB94A #E8CD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C79E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#C79E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79E24

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79E24	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 158, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.137 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba6b',
    500: '#c79e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79e24;
$custom-light: #ddba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.908,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71765,
    "c": 0.13699,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79E24

secondary

#778DD0

accent

#68EC3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79E24

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

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