#C79E46#C79E46

#C79E46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79E46
RGB	rgb(199, 158, 70)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 64.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, 5.63, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 50.80, 83.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.0123 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.116 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8876, 37.0404, 10.9998)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79E46 #466FC7

analogous

#C75D46 #C79E46 #B0C746

triadic

#C79E46 #46C79E #9E46C7

tetradic

#C79E46 #46C75D #466FC7 #C746B0

square

#C79E46 #46C75D #466FC7 #C746B0

split-complementary

#C79E46 #46B0C7 #5D46C7

monochromatic

#715822 #A07C30 #C79E46 #D5B775 #E3CFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C79E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#C79E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79E46

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79E46	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 158, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcba7d',
    500: '#c79e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79e46;
$custom-light: #dcba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.93,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72027,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79E46

secondary

#98AAD0

accent

#79DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79E46

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

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