#C78B29#C78B29

#C78B29 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.130 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78B29
RGB	rgb(199, 139, 41)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 79.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, 14.53, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 59.52, 75.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% 0.0346 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.13 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1885, 30.7703, 6.2887)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78B29 #2965C7

analogous

#C73C29 #C78B29 #B4C729

triadic

#C78B29 #29C78B #8B29C7

tetradic

#C78B29 #29C73C #2965C7 #C729B4

square

#C78B29 #29C73C #2965C7 #C729B4

split-complementary

#C78B29 #29B4C7 #3C29C7

monochromatic

#624414 #94681F #C78B29 #DBA752 #E6C185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C78B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#C78B29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78B29

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78B29	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)

#A18E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 139, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.130 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac6b',
    500: '#c78b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78b29;
$custom-light: #ddac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.215,
    "s": 65.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68044,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78B29

secondary

#7D9CCF

accent

#7FE93F

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78B29

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

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