#C79E37#C79E37

#C79E37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.127 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79E37
RGB	rgb(199, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, 4.79, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 57.12, 85.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.008 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.127 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4718, 36.8741, 8.8101)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79E37 #3760C7

analogous

#C75637 #C79E37 #A8C737

triadic

#C79E37 #37C79E #9E37C7

tetradic

#C79E37 #37C756 #3760C7 #C737A8

square

#C79E37 #37C756 #3760C7 #C737A8

split-complementary

#C79E37 #37A8C7 #5637C7

monochromatic

#67521C #97782A #C79E37 #D5B566 #E2CD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C79E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#C79E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79E37

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79E37	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)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.127 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcba74',
    500: '#c79e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79e37;
$custom-light: #dcba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.917,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71889,
    "c": 0.12671,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79E37

secondary

#8C9FCD

accent

#73E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79E37

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

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