#C79E3D#C79E3D

#C79E3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.123 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79E3D
RGB	rgb(199, 158, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 69.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 5.10, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 54.68, 84.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0096 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.123 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6245, 36.9352, 9.6142)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79E3D #3D66C7

analogous

#C7593D #C79E3D #ABC73D

triadic

#C79E3D #3DC79E #9E3DC7

tetradic

#C79E3D #3DC759 #3D66C7 #C73DAB

square

#C79E3D #3DC759 #3D66C7 #C73DAB

split-complementary

#C79E3D #3DABC7 #593DC7

monochromatic

#6B541F #9A7A2D #C79E3D #D5B66C #E2CD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C79E3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#C79E3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79E3D

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79E3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79E3D	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79e3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 158, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.123 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcba78',
    500: '#c79e3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79e3d;
$custom-light: #dcba78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79e3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.174,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7194,
    "c": 0.12269,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79E3D

secondary

#91A3CE

accent

#76DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79E3D

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

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