#C78C36#C78C36

#C78C36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.123 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78C36
RGB	rgb(199, 140, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 14.53, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 54.73, 74.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% 0.0362 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.123 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5995, 31.1674, 7.7356)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78C36 #3671C7

analogous

#C74336 #C78C36 #BAC736

triadic

#C78C36 #36C78C #8C36C7

tetradic

#C78C36 #36C743 #3671C7 #C736BA

square

#C78C36 #36C743 #3671C7 #C736BA

split-complementary

#C78C36 #36BAC7 #4336C7

monochromatic

#67481C #976A29 #C78C36 #D5A865 #E2C395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C78C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#C78C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78C36

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78C36	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 140, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.123 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddad72',
    500: '#c78c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78c36;
$custom-light: #ddad72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.586,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68334,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78C36

secondary

#8BA6CE

accent

#86E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78C36

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

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