#C78B42#C78B42

#C78B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.115 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78B42
RGB	rgb(199, 139, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, 15.73, 47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 49.66, 71.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% 0.0414 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.115 69)
XYZ	xyz(33.7714, 31.0035, 9.3588)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78B42 #427EC7

analogous

#C74842 #C78B42 #C1C742

triadic

#C78B42 #42C78B #8B42C7

tetradic

#C78B42 #42C748 #427EC7 #C742C1

square

#C78B42 #42C748 #427EC7 #C742C1

split-complementary

#C78B42 #42C1C7 #4842C7

monochromatic

#6E4B21 #9D6B2F #C78B42 #D5A871 #E3C5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#C78B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#C78B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78B42

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78B42	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 139, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.115 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcac79',
    500: '#c78b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78b42;
$custom-light: #dcac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.932,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68261,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.31001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78B42

secondary

#95B0D0

accent

#8DDE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78B42

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

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