#C79F3A#C79F3A

#C79F3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.125 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79F3A
RGB	rgb(199, 159, 58)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 70.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 4.40, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 56.13, 85.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0072 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.125 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7172, 37.2463, 9.2575)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79F3A #3A62C7

analogous

#C7593A #C79F3A #A8C73A

triadic

#C79F3A #3AC79F #9F3AC7

tetradic

#C79F3A #3AC759 #3A62C7 #C73AA8

square

#C79F3A #3AC759 #3A62C7 #C73AA8

split-complementary

#C79F3A #3AA8C7 #593AC7

monochromatic

#69541E #987A2B #C79F3A #D5B66A #E2CD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C79F3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#C79F3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79F3A

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79F3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79F3A	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)

#B29E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79f3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 159, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.125 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb76',
    500: '#c79f3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79f3a;
$custom-light: #dcbb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79f3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.979,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72115,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79F3A

secondary

#8FA1CE

accent

#73DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79F3A

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

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