#C78956#C78956

#C78956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.101 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78956
RGB	rgb(199, 137, 86)
HSL	hsl(27, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 56.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, 18.23, 36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 40.92, 63.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% 0.0517 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.101 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1806, 30.7081, 12.9293)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78956 #5694C7

analogous

#C7565B #C78956 #C7C156

triadic

#C78956 #56C789 #8956C7

tetradic

#C78956 #5BC756 #5694C7 #C156C7

square

#C78956 #5BC756 #5694C7 #C156C7

split-complementary

#C78956 #56C7C1 #565BC7

monochromatic

#7A4D28 #A86A38 #C78956 #D6A984 #E5C9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C78956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#C78956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78956

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78956	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D77C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 137, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.101 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbab87',
    500: '#c78956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78956;
$custom-light: #dbab87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.08,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68142,
    "c": 0.10139,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78956

secondary

#A5BFD4

accent

#9BDA4E

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78956

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

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