#C78B3C#C78B3C

#C78B3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.119 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78B3C
RGB	rgb(199, 139, 60)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 69.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, 15.39, 49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 52.19, 72.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% 0.0395 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.119 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6037, 30.9364, 8.4756)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78B3C #3C78C7

analogous

#C7453C #C78B3C #BDC73C

triadic

#C78B3C #3CC78B #8B3CC7

tetradic

#C78B3C #3CC745 #3C78C7 #C73CBD

square

#C78B3C #3CC745 #3C78C7 #C73CBD

split-complementary

#C78B3C #3CBDC7 #453CC7

monochromatic

#6A491E #9A6A2C #C78B3C #D5A76C #E2C49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#C78B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#C78B3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78B3C

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78B3C	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 139, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.119 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac75',
    500: '#c78b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78b3c;
$custom-light: #ddac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.101,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68199,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78B3C

secondary

#91ABCE

accent

#8ADF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78B3C

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

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