#C79F24#C79F24

#C79F24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.137 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79F24
RGB	rgb(199, 159, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 81.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 3.50, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 63.98, 86.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0023 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.137 89)
XYZ	xyz(36.2720, 37.0682, 6.9132)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79F24 #244CC7

analogous

#C74D24 #C79F24 #9DC724

triadic

#C79F24 #24C79F #9F24C7

tetradic

#C79F24 #24C74D #244CC7 #C7249D

square

#C79F24 #24C74D #244CC7 #C7249D

split-complementary

#C79F24 #249DC7 #4D24C7

monochromatic

#5F4C11 #93761B #C79F24 #DEBA4A #E8CE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C79F24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#C79F24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79F24

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79F24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79F24	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)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79f24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 159, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.137 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb6b',
    500: '#c79f24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79f24;
$custom-light: #ddbb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79f24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.276,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71968,
    "c": 0.13744,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.37066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79F24

secondary

#778DD0

accent

#67EC3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79F24

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

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