#C78A41#C78A41

#C78A41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.116 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78A41
RGB	rgb(199, 138, 65)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 67.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, 16.22, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 50.00, 71.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% 0.0427 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.116 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5981, 30.7035, 9.1569)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78A41 #417EC7

analogous

#C74741 #C78A41 #C1C741

triadic

#C78A41 #41C78A #8A41C7

tetradic

#C78A41 #41C747 #417EC7 #C741C1

square

#C78A41 #41C747 #417EC7 #C741C1

split-complementary

#C78A41 #41C1C7 #4741C7

monochromatic

#6D4A20 #9D6A2E #C78A41 #D5A770 #E3C4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C78A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#C78A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78A41

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78A41	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 138, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.116 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcac79',
    500: '#c78a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78a41;
$custom-light: #dcac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.687,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6806,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78A41

secondary

#95AFCF

accent

#8DDE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78A41

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

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