#C78B34#C78B34

#C78B34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.124 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78B34
RGB	rgb(199, 139, 52)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 73.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, 14.99, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 55.43, 74.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% 0.0372 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.124 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4080, 30.8581, 7.4449)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78B34 #3470C7

analogous

#C74134 #C78B34 #BAC734

triadic

#C78B34 #34C78B #8B34C7

tetradic

#C78B34 #34C741 #3470C7 #C734BA

square

#C78B34 #34C741 #3470C7 #C734BA

split-complementary

#C78B34 #34BAC7 #4134C7

monochromatic

#66471B #966927 #C78B34 #D6A762 #E3C293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C78B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#C78B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78B34

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78B34	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)

#A08E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 139, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.124 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac71',
    500: '#c78b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78b34;
$custom-light: #ddac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.51,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68126,
    "c": 0.12404,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78B34

secondary

#89A5CE

accent

#86E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78B34

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

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