#C79F4E#C79F4E

#C79F4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79F4E
RGB	rgb(199, 159, 78)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 60.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 5.63, 47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 47.41, 83.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0134 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.11 83)
XYZ	xyz(37.3284, 37.4908, 12.4766)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79F4E #4E76C7

analogous

#C7634E #C79F4E #B3C74E

triadic

#C79F4E #4EC79F #9F4EC7

tetradic

#C79F4E #4EC763 #4E76C7 #C74EB3

square

#C79F4E #4EC763 #4E76C7 #C74EB3

split-complementary

#C79F4E #4EB3C7 #634EC7

monochromatic

#755B25 #A47F34 #C79F4E #D6B87C #E4D1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C79F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#C79F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79F4E

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79F4E	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 159, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbb82',
    500: '#c79f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79f4e;
$custom-light: #dbbb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.165,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72317,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.37488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79F4E

secondary

#9FB0D2

accent

#7CDB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79F4E

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

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