#C78C39#C78C39

#C78C39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.121 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78C39
RGB	rgb(199, 140, 57)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, 14.68, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 53.52, 74.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% 0.037 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.121 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6721, 31.1965, 8.1182)
Luminance	0.3119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78C39 #3974C7

analogous

#C74539 #C78C39 #BBC739

triadic

#C78C39 #39C78C #8C39C7

tetradic

#C78C39 #39C745 #3974C7 #C739BB

square

#C78C39 #39C745 #3974C7 #C739BB

split-complementary

#C78C39 #39BBC7 #4539C7

monochromatic

#68491D #986B2B #C78C39 #D4A869 #E2C398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C78C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#C78C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78C39

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78C39	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 140, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.121 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddad74',
    500: '#c78c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78c39;
$custom-light: #ddad74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.07,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68361,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78C39

secondary

#8EA9CE

accent

#87DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78C39

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

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