#C79F37#C79F37

#C79F37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.127 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79F37
RGB	rgb(199, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, 4.25, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 57.33, 85.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0064 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.127 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6431, 37.2166, 8.8672)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79F37 #375FC7

analogous

#C75737 #C79F37 #A7C737

triadic

#C79F37 #37C79F #9F37C7

tetradic

#C79F37 #37C757 #375FC7 #C737A7

square

#C79F37 #37C757 #375FC7 #C737A7

split-complementary

#C79F37 #37A7C7 #5737C7

monochromatic

#67521C #97792A #C79F37 #D5B666 #E2CD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C79F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#C79F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79F37

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79F37	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)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.127 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb74',
    500: '#c79f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79f37;
$custom-light: #dcbb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72091,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79F37

secondary

#8C9ECD

accent

#72E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79F37

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

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