#C79E4E#C79E4E

#C79E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.110 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79E4E
RGB	rgb(199, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 60.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 6.17, 46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 47.18, 82.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% 0.0149 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.11 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1571, 37.1482, 12.4195)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79E4E #4E77C7

analogous

#C7624E #C79E4E #B4C74E

triadic

#C79E4E #4EC79E #9E4EC7

tetradic

#C79E4E #4EC762 #4E77C7 #C74EB4

square

#C79E4E #4EC762 #4E77C7 #C74EB4

split-complementary

#C79E4E #4EB4C7 #624EC7

monochromatic

#755A25 #A47E34 #C79E4E #D6B77C #E4D1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C79E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#C79E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79E4E

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79E4E	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.110 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbba82',
    500: '#c79e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79e4e;
$custom-light: #dbba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.669,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72117,
    "c": 0.10957,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79E4E

secondary

#9FB0D2

accent

#7DDB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79E4E

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

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