#C78B30#C78B30

#C78B30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.126 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78B30
RGB	rgb(199, 139, 48)
HSL	hsl(36, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 75.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, 14.81, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 56.98, 74.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% 0.0362 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.126 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3217, 30.8236, 6.9903)
Luminance	0.3082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78B30 #306CC7

analogous

#C73F30 #C78B30 #B7C730

triadic

#C78B30 #30C78B #8B30C7

tetradic

#C78B30 #30C73F #306CC7 #C730B7

square

#C78B30 #30C73F #306CC7 #C730B7

split-complementary

#C78B30 #30B7C7 #3F30C7

monochromatic

#644618 #966924 #C78B30 #D8A75C #E4C28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C78B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#C78B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78B30

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78B30	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	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)

#A08E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 139, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.126 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac6e',
    500: '#c78b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78b30;
$custom-light: #ddac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.159,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68094,
    "c": 0.12628,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78B30

secondary

#85A2CE

accent

#83E444

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78B30

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

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