#C79E39#C79E39

#C79E39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.125 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79E39
RGB	rgb(199, 158, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 4.89, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 56.32, 85.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0085 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.125 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5207, 36.8937, 9.0677)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79E39 #3962C7

analogous

#C75739 #C79E39 #A9C739

triadic

#C79E39 #39C79E #9E39C7

tetradic

#C79E39 #39C757 #3962C7 #C739A9

square

#C79E39 #39C757 #3962C7 #C739A9

split-complementary

#C79E39 #39A9C7 #5739C7

monochromatic

#68531D #98782B #C79E39 #D4B569 #E2CD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C79E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#C79E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79E39

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79E39	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 158, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.125 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcba75',
    500: '#c79e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79e39;
$custom-light: #dcba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.676,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71905,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79E39

secondary

#8EA0CE

accent

#74DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79E39

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

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