#C78A33#C78A33

#C78A33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.125 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78A33
RGB	rgb(199, 138, 51)
HSL	hsl(35, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 74.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, 15.49, 53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 55.74, 73.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% 0.0386 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.125 72)
XYZ	xyz(33.2416, 30.5610, 7.2795)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78A33 #3370C7

analogous

#C74033 #C78A33 #BAC733

triadic

#C78A33 #33C78A #8A33C7

tetradic

#C78A33 #33C740 #3370C7 #C733BA

square

#C78A33 #33C740 #3370C7 #C733BA

split-complementary

#C78A33 #33BAC7 #4033C7

monochromatic

#66461A #966827 #C78A33 #D6A661 #E3C191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#C78A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#C78A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78A33

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78A33	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 138, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.125 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac70',
    500: '#c78a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78a33;
$custom-light: #ddac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.27,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67927,
    "c": 0.1246,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.30558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78A33

secondary

#88A5CE

accent

#86E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78A33

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

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