#C78B33#C78B33

#C78B33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.125 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78B33
RGB	rgb(199, 139, 51)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 74.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, 14.94, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 55.82, 74.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% 0.037 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.125 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3857, 30.8492, 7.3275)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78B33 #336FC7

analogous

#C74133 #C78B33 #B9C733

triadic

#C78B33 #33C78B #8B33C7

tetradic

#C78B33 #33C741 #336FC7 #C733B9

square

#C78B33 #33C741 #336FC7 #C733B9

split-complementary

#C78B33 #33B9C7 #4133C7

monochromatic

#66471A #966927 #C78B33 #D6A761 #E3C291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C78B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#C78B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78B33

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78B33	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 139, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.125 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac70',
    500: '#c78b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78b33;
$custom-light: #ddac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.676,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68118,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78B33

secondary

#88A4CE

accent

#85E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78B33

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →