#C78A3C#C78A3C

#C78A3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.119 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78A3C
RGB	rgb(199, 138, 60)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 69.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, 15.94, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 52.11, 72.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% 0.0411 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.119 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4596, 30.6482, 8.4276)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78A3C #3C79C7

analogous

#C7443C #C78A3C #BEC73C

triadic

#C78A3C #3CC78A #8A3CC7

tetradic

#C78A3C #3CC744 #3C79C7 #C73CBE

square

#C78A3C #3CC744 #3C79C7 #C73CBE

split-complementary

#C78A3C #3CBEC7 #443CC7

monochromatic

#6A491E #9A6A2C #C78A3C #D5A76C #E2C39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#C78A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#C78A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78A3C

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78A3C	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 138, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.119 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac75',
    500: '#c78a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78a3c;
$custom-light: #ddac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.669,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68008,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78A3C

secondary

#91ACCE

accent

#8BDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78A3C

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

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