#C78B53#C78B53

#C78B53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.103 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78B53
RGB	rgb(199, 139, 83)
HSL	hsl(29, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 58.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, 16.90, 38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 42.28, 66.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.0473 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.103 62.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3492, 31.2346, 12.4017)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78B53 #538FC7

analogous

#C75355 #C78B53 #C7C553

triadic

#C78B53 #53C78B #8B53C7

tetradic

#C78B53 #55C753 #538FC7 #C553C7

square

#C78B53 #55C753 #538FC7 #C553C7

split-complementary

#C78B53 #53C7C5 #5355C7

monochromatic

#784E27 #A76C36 #C78B53 #D6AA81 #E5C9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C78B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#C78B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78B53

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78B53	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E904E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D77E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 139, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.103 62.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbad85',
    500: '#c78b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78b53;
$custom-light: #dbad85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.966,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68475,
    "c": 0.10312,
    "h": 62.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78B53

secondary

#A3BCD3

accent

#96DA4D

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78B53

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

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