#C79F34#C79F34

#C79F34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.129 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79F34
RGB	rgb(199, 159, 52)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 73.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 4.11, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 58.49, 85.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0057 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.129 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5733, 37.1887, 8.5000)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79F34 #345CC7

analogous

#C75534 #C79F34 #A6C734

triadic

#C79F34 #34C79F #9F34C7

tetradic

#C79F34 #34C755 #345CC7 #C734A6

square

#C79F34 #34C755 #345CC7 #C734A6

split-complementary

#C79F34 #34A6C7 #5534C7

monochromatic

#66511B #967827 #C79F34 #D6B662 #E3CD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C79F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#C79F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79F34

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79F34	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 159, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.129 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb72',
    500: '#c79f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79f34;
$custom-light: #dcbb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.673,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72068,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79F34

secondary

#899CCE

accent

#70E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79F34

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

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