#C79F39#C79F39

#C79F39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.126 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79F39
RGB	rgb(199, 159, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 4.35, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 56.53, 85.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.007 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.126 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6920, 37.2362, 9.1248)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79F39 #3961C7

analogous

#C75839 #C79F39 #A8C739

triadic

#C79F39 #39C79F #9F39C7

tetradic

#C79F39 #39C758 #3961C7 #C739A8

square

#C79F39 #39C758 #3961C7 #C739A8

split-complementary

#C79F39 #39A8C7 #5839C7

monochromatic

#68531D #98792B #C79F39 #D4B669 #E2CD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C79F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#C79F39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79F39

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79F39	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 159, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.126 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb75',
    500: '#c79f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79f39;
$custom-light: #dcbb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.099,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72107,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79F39

secondary

#8EA0CE

accent

#73DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79F39

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

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