#C78A37#C78A37

#C78A37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.122 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78A37
RGB	rgb(199, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, 15.68, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 54.15, 73.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% 0.0397 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.122 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3336, 30.5978, 7.7641)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78A37 #3774C7

analogous

#C74237 #C78A37 #BCC737

triadic

#C78A37 #37C78A #8A37C7

tetradic

#C78A37 #37C742 #3774C7 #C737BC

square

#C78A37 #37C742 #3774C7 #C737BC

split-complementary

#C78A37 #37BCC7 #4237C7

monochromatic

#67471C #97692A #C78A37 #D5A666 #E2C296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#C78A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#C78A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78A37

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78A37	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.122 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac72',
    500: '#c78a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78a37;
$custom-light: #ddac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67961,
    "c": 0.12227,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78A37

secondary

#8CA8CD

accent

#88E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78A37

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

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