#C78A28#C78A28

#C78A28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.130 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78A28
RGB	rgb(199, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 80%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 79.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, 15.04, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 59.78, 75.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% 0.0359 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.13 74)
XYZ	xyz(33.0272, 30.4752, 6.1499)
Luminance	0.3047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78A28 #2865C7

analogous

#C73B28 #C78A28 #B5C728

triadic

#C78A28 #28C78A #8A28C7

tetradic

#C78A28 #28C73B #2865C7 #C728B5

square

#C78A28 #28C73B #2865C7 #C728B5

split-complementary

#C78A28 #28B5C7 #3B28C7

monochromatic

#614314 #94671E #C78A28 #DCA650 #E6C083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C78A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#C78A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78A28

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78A28	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.130 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac6a',
    500: '#c78a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78a28;
$custom-light: #ddac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.981,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67846,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.30472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78A28

secondary

#7C9CCF

accent

#80E93E

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78A28

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

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