#C79E30#C79E30

#C79E30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.131 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79E30
RGB	rgb(199, 158, 48)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 75.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 4.48, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 59.78, 85.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0063 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.131 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3158, 36.8117, 7.9884)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79E30 #3059C7

analogous

#C75330 #C79E30 #A4C730

triadic

#C79E30 #30C79E #9E30C7

tetradic

#C79E30 #30C753 #3059C7 #C730A4

square

#C79E30 #30C753 #3059C7 #C730A4

split-complementary

#C79E30 #30A4C7 #5330C7

monochromatic

#645018 #967724 #C79E30 #D8B65C #E4CC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C79E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#C79E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79E30

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79E30	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 158, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.131 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcba70',
    500: '#c79e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79e30;
$custom-light: #dcba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.709,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71837,
    "c": 0.13094,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79E30

secondary

#8599CE

accent

#6FE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79E30

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

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