#C78C31#C78C31

#C78C31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.126 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78C31
RGB	rgb(199, 140, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 75.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, 14.30, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 56.69, 75.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.0349 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.126 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4881, 31.1229, 7.1487)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78C31 #316CC7

analogous

#C74131 #C78C31 #B7C731

triadic

#C78C31 #31C78C #8C31C7

tetradic

#C78C31 #31C741 #316CC7 #C731B7

square

#C78C31 #31C741 #316CC7 #C731B7

split-complementary

#C78C31 #31B7C7 #4131C7

monochromatic

#654719 #966925 #C78C31 #D7A85E #E3C28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C78C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#C78C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78C31

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78C31	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)

#A18F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 140, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.126 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddad6f',
    500: '#c78c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78c31;
$custom-light: #ddad6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68293,
    "c": 0.12578,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78C31

secondary

#86A2CE

accent

#83E444

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78C31

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

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