#C79E35#C79E35

#C79E35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.128 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79E35
RGB	rgb(199, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 4.70, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 57.90, 85.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.0075 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.128 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4248, 36.8553, 8.5628)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79E35 #355EC7

analogous

#C75535 #C79E35 #A7C735

triadic

#C79E35 #35C79E #9E35C7

tetradic

#C79E35 #35C755 #355EC7 #C735A7

square

#C79E35 #35C755 #355EC7 #C735A7

split-complementary

#C79E35 #35A7C7 #5535C7

monochromatic

#66511B #977828 #C79E35 #D6B664 #E2CC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C79E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#C79E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79E35

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79E35	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.128 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcba73',
    500: '#c79e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79e35;
$custom-light: #dcba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.151,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71873,
    "c": 0.12797,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79E35

secondary

#8A9DCE

accent

#72E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79E35

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

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