#C78438#C78438

#C78438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.122 H 66.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78438
RGB	rgb(199, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(32, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, 19.01, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 53.39, 69.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% 0.0496 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.122 66)
XYZ	xyz(32.5207, 28.9331, 7.6125)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78438 #387BC7

analogous

#C73D38 #C78438 #C2C738

triadic

#C78438 #38C784 #8438C7

tetradic

#C78438 #38C73D #387BC7 #C738C2

square

#C78438 #38C73D #387BC7 #C738C2

split-complementary

#C78438 #38C2C7 #3D38C7

monochromatic

#67451D #97642B #C78438 #D4A268 #E2BF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#C78438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#C78438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C78438

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78438	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.122 66.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dda773',
    500: '#c78438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78438;
$custom-light: #dda773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.888,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6684,
    "c": 0.12224,
    "h": 66
  },
  "luminance": 0.2893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78438

secondary

#8DABCD

accent

#8FDF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78438

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

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