#C78B49#C78B49

#C78B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.110 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78B49
RGB	rgb(199, 139, 73)
HSL	hsl(31, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, 16.18, 43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 46.63, 69.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% 0.0437 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.11 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9906, 31.0912, 10.5130)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78B49 #4985C7

analogous

#C74C49 #C78B49 #C4C749

triadic

#C78B49 #49C78B #8B49C7

tetradic

#C78B49 #49C74C #4985C7 #C749C4

square

#C78B49 #49C74C #4985C7 #C749C4

split-complementary

#C78B49 #49C4C7 #4C49C7

monochromatic

#724D23 #A16C32 #C78B49 #D5A978 #E4C7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C78B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#C78B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78B49

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78B49	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 139, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.110 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcad7e',
    500: '#c78b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78b49;
$custom-light: #dcad7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.429,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68342,
    "c": 0.11036,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78B49

secondary

#9BB5D1

accent

#90DC4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78B49

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

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