#C78938#C78938

#C78938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.122 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78938
RGB	rgb(199, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, 16.27, 51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 53.67, 72.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% 0.0416 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.122 70)
XYZ	xyz(33.2150, 30.3218, 7.8440)
Luminance	0.3032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78938 #3876C7

analogous

#C74238 #C78938 #BDC738

triadic

#C78938 #38C789 #8938C7

tetradic

#C78938 #38C742 #3876C7 #C738BD

square

#C78938 #38C742 #3876C7 #C738BD

split-complementary

#C78938 #38BDC7 #4238C7

monochromatic

#67471D #97682B #C78938 #D4A568 #E2C298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#C78938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#C78938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78938

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78938	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.122 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddab73',
    500: '#c78938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78938;
$custom-light: #ddab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.986,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6778,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.30319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78938

secondary

#8DA9CD

accent

#8ADF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78938

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

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