#c79c54

Color #c79c54

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 15.36 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#c79c54

RGB

rgb(199, 156, 84)

HSL

hsl(37.6, 50.7%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.6, 57.8%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 57.8%, 22%)

LAB

lab(66.95, 7.7, 43.3)

LCH

lch(66.95, 43.98, 79.92)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.1037, 78.77)

HWB

hwb(37.6, 32.9%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#547fc7

Analogous

#c76354

#c79c54

#b8c754

Triadic

#c79c54

#54c79c

#9c54c7

Split-complementary

#c79c54

#54b8c7

#6354c7

Tetradic

#c79c54

#7fc754

#547fc7

#9c54c7

Square

#c79c54

#54c763

#547fc7

#c754b8

Shades

Color #c79c54 mixed toward black.

#b2853a

#8e6a2f

#6b5023

#473517

#241b0c

Tints

Color #c79c54 mixed toward white.

#d0ad70

#dabd8d

#e3cea9

#ecdec6

#f6efe2

Tones

Color #c79c54 mixed toward gray.

#bd9a5e

#b49767

#aa9571

#a1927a

#979084

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b66b · ΔE 14.4

Deuteranopia

#b8bb70 · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#c57a7d · ΔE 28.4

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c79c54;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c79c54]

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Frequently asked questions

#c79c54 (#c79c54) is rgb(199, 156, 84) in RGB.

No, #c79c54 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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