#C78B60#C78B60

#C78B60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.094 H 56.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78B60
RGB	rgb(199, 139, 96)
HSL	hsl(25, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(25, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 51.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, 18.00, 32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 36.75, 60.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% 0.0523 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.094 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8990, 31.4545, 15.2973)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78B60 #609CC7

analogous

#C76068 #C78B60 #C7BF60

triadic

#C78B60 #60C78B #8B60C7

tetradic

#C78B60 #68C760 #609CC7 #BF60C7

square

#C78B60 #68C760 #609CC7 #BF60C7

split-complementary

#C78B60 #60C7BF #6068C7

monochromatic

#804F2D #AD6C3D #C78B60 #D7AC8D #E7CDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C78B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#C78B60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78B60

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78B60	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C905D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D77F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 139, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.094 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbad8e',
    500: '#c78b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78b60;
$custom-light: #dbad8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.049,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68678,
    "c": 0.09366,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78B60

secondary

#ADC5D6

accent

#9FD750

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#15100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78B60

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

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