#C78040#C78040

#C78040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.118 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78040
RGB	rgb(199, 128, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(28, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, 21.63, 45.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 50.05, 64.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% 0.0586 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.118 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2002, 27.9536, 8.5492)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78040 #4087C7

analogous

#C74044 #C78040 #C7C340

triadic

#C78040 #40C780 #8040C7

tetradic

#C78040 #44C740 #4087C7 #C340C7

square

#C78040 #44C740 #4087C7 #C340C7

split-complementary

#C78040 #40C7C3 #4044C7

monochromatic

#6D4420 #9C622E #C78040 #D59F6F #E3BF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#C78040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#C78040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C78040

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78040	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 128, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.118 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda577',
    500: '#c78040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78040;
$custom-light: #dda577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66185,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78040

secondary

#94B3CF

accent

#98DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78040

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

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