#C78A29#C78A29

#C78A29 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.130 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78A29
RGB	rgb(199, 138, 41)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 79.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, 15.08, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 59.43, 75.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% 0.0362 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.13 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0444, 30.4821, 6.2407)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78A29 #2966C7

analogous

#C73B29 #C78A29 #B5C729

triadic

#C78A29 #29C78A #8A29C7

tetradic

#C78A29 #29C73B #2966C7 #C729B5

square

#C78A29 #29C73B #2966C7 #C729B5

split-complementary

#C78A29 #29B5C7 #3B29C7

monochromatic

#624414 #94671F #C78A29 #DBA652 #E6C085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C78A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#C78A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78A29

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78A29	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 138, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.130 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac6b',
    500: '#c78a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78a29;
$custom-light: #ddac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.835,
    "s": 65.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67853,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78A29

secondary

#7D9DCF

accent

#81E93F

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78A29

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

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