#C78B2A#C78B2A

#C78B2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.129 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78B2A
RGB	rgb(199, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(37, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, 14.57, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 59.17, 75.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% 0.0348 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.129 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2062, 30.7774, 6.3818)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78B2A #2A66C7

analogous

#C73D2A #C78B2A #B5C72A

triadic

#C78B2A #2AC78B #8B2AC7

tetradic

#C78B2A #2AC73D #2A66C7 #C72AB5

square

#C78B2A #2AC73D #2A66C7 #C72AB5

split-complementary

#C78B2A #2AB5C7 #3D2AC7

monochromatic

#624415 #94681F #C78B2A #DBA753 #E5C186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C78B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#C78B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78B2A

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78B2A	1.00	2.94	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.129 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac6b',
    500: '#c78b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78b2a;
$custom-light: #ddac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.07,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68051,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78B2A

secondary

#7E9DCF

accent

#80E840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78B2A

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