#C78A2A#C78A2A

#C78A2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.129 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78A2A
RGB	rgb(199, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(37, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, 15.12, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 59.08, 75.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% 0.0364 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.129 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0621, 30.4891, 6.3338)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78A2A #2A67C7

analogous

#C73C2A #C78A2A #B5C72A

triadic

#C78A2A #2AC78A #8A2AC7

tetradic

#C78A2A #2AC73C #2A67C7 #C72AB5

square

#C78A2A #2AC73C #2A67C7 #C72AB5

split-complementary

#C78A2A #2AB5C7 #3C2AC7

monochromatic

#624415 #94671F #C78A2A #DBA653 #E5C086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C78A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#C78A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78A2A

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78A2A	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)

#A08D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.129 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac6b',
    500: '#c78a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78a2a;
$custom-light: #ddac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.688,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67859,
    "c": 0.12934,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78A2A

secondary

#7E9DCF

accent

#81E840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78A2A

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

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