#C79F30#C79F30

#C79F30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.131 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79F30
RGB	rgb(199, 159, 48)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 75.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 3.94, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 59.98, 86.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0.0047 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.131 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4870, 37.1542, 8.0454)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79F30 #3058C7

analogous

#C75330 #C79F30 #A3C730

triadic

#C79F30 #30C79F #9F30C7

tetradic

#C79F30 #30C753 #3058C7 #C730A3

square

#C79F30 #30C753 #3058C7 #C730A3

split-complementary

#C79F30 #30A3C7 #5330C7

monochromatic

#645018 #967824 #C79F30 #D8B75C #E4CD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C79F30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#C79F30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79F30

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79F30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79F30	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)

#B29E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79f30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 159, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.131 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb70',
    500: '#c79f30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79f30;
$custom-light: #dcbb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79f30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.106,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72039,
    "c": 0.1314,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79F30

secondary

#8598CE

accent

#6EE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79F30

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

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