#C78C28#C78C28

#C78C28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.130 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78C28
RGB	rgb(199, 140, 40)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 79.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 13.95, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 59.95, 76.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% 0.0328 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.13 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3167, 31.0543, 6.2465)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78C28 #2863C7

analogous

#C73D28 #C78C28 #B3C728

triadic

#C78C28 #28C78C #8C28C7

tetradic

#C78C28 #28C73D #2863C7 #C728B3

square

#C78C28 #28C73D #2863C7 #C728B3

split-complementary

#C78C28 #28B3C7 #3D28C7

monochromatic

#614414 #94681E #C78C28 #DCA850 #E6C183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C78C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#C78C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78C28

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78C28	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 140, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.130 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddad6a',
    500: '#c78c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78c28;
$custom-light: #ddad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.736,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6823,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78C28

secondary

#7C9BCF

accent

#7EE93E

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78C28

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

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