#C78B28#C78B28

#C78B28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.130 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78B28
RGB	rgb(199, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 80%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 79.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, 14.50, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 59.86, 75.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% 0.0343 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.13 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1713, 30.7634, 6.1980)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78B28 #2864C7

analogous

#C73B28 #C78B28 #B4C728

triadic

#C78B28 #28C78B #8B28C7

tetradic

#C78B28 #28C73B #2864C7 #C728B4

square

#C78B28 #28C73B #2864C7 #C728B4

split-complementary

#C78B28 #28B4C7 #3B28C7

monochromatic

#614414 #94671E #C78B28 #DCA750 #E6C183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C78B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#C78B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78B28

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78B28	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.130 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac6a',
    500: '#c78b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78b28;
$custom-light: #ddac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.358,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68038,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78B28

secondary

#7C9BCF

accent

#7FE93E

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78B28

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

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