#C78B37#C78B37

#C78B37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.122 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C78B37
RGBrgb(199, 139, 55)
HSLhsl(35, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(35, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 30.2%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(62.41, 15.13, 52.09)
CIE-LCHlch(62.41, 54.24, 73.80°)
OKLaboklab(68.15% 0.0381 0.1162)
OKLCHoklch(68.15% 0.122 71.9)
XYZxyz(33.4778, 30.8860, 7.8121)
Luminance0.3088 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C78B37 #3773C7
analogous
#C74337 #C78B37 #BBC737
triadic
#C78B37 #37C78B #8B37C7
tetradic
#C78B37 #37C743 #3773C7 #C737BB
square
#C78B37 #37C743 #3773C7 #C737BB
split-complementary
#C78B37 #37BBC7 #4337C7
monochromatic
#67481C #976A2A #C78B37 #D5A766 #E2C396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93
#C78B37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18
#C78B37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78B37
7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C78B37#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C78B371.002.937.187.18
#FFFFFF2.931.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1821.001.001.00
##0000007.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A08E2C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AE9D39
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D97C79
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c78b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 139, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.122 71.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac72',
    500: '#c78b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c78b37;
$custom-light: #ddac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c78b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68152,
    "c": 0.12227,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C78B37
secondary
#8CA7CD
accent
#87E048
background
#FEFAF7
surface
#FCF4ED
border
#D5CEC8
text
#161008
muted
#847F7B

Preview Lab

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#C78B37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva