#C78A42#C78A42

#C78A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.115 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78A42
RGB	rgb(199, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(32, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, 16.28, 46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 49.58, 70.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% 0.043 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.115 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6273, 30.7152, 9.3108)
Luminance	0.3071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78A42 #427FC7

analogous

#C74842 #C78A42 #C2C742

triadic

#C78A42 #42C78A #8A42C7

tetradic

#C78A42 #42C748 #427FC7 #C742C2

square

#C78A42 #42C748 #427FC7 #C742C2

split-complementary

#C78A42 #42C2C7 #4842C7

monochromatic

#6E4B21 #9D6A2F #C78A42 #D5A771 #E3C4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C78A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#C78A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78A42

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78A42	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)

#9E8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.115 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcac79',
    500: '#c78a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78a42;
$custom-light: #dcac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.481,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68071,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78A42

secondary

#95B0D0

accent

#8EDE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78A42

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

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