#C78B36#C78B36

#C78B36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.123 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78B36
RGB	rgb(199, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, 15.08, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 54.64, 73.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% 0.0378 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.123 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4540, 30.8765, 7.6872)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78B36 #3672C7

analogous

#C74236 #C78B36 #BBC736

triadic

#C78B36 #36C78B #8B36C7

tetradic

#C78B36 #36C742 #3672C7 #C736BB

square

#C78B36 #36C742 #3672C7 #C736BB

split-complementary

#C78B36 #36BBC7 #4236C7

monochromatic

#67481C #976929 #C78B36 #D5A765 #E2C295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C78B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#C78B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78B36

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78B36	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)

#A08E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.123 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac72',
    500: '#c78b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78b36;
$custom-light: #ddac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.172,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68143,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78B36

secondary

#8BA7CE

accent

#87E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78B36

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

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