#C78231#C78231

#C78231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.126 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78231
RGB	rgb(199, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(32, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(32, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 75.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, 19.78, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 56.07, 69.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% 0.0509 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.126 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0927, 28.3321, 6.6836)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78231 #3176C7

analogous

#C73731 #C78231 #C1C731

triadic

#C78231 #31C782 #8231C7

tetradic

#C78231 #31C737 #3176C7 #C731C1

square

#C78231 #31C737 #3176C7 #C731C1

split-complementary

#C78231 #31C1C7 #3731C7

monochromatic

#654219 #966225 #C78231 #D79F5E #E3BD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#C78231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#C78231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C78231

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78231	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.126 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda66e',
    500: '#c78231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78231;
$custom-light: #dda66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66406,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78231

secondary

#86A7CE

accent

#8EE444

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78231

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

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