#C78C3C#C78C3C

#C78C3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.119 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78C3C
RGB	rgb(199, 140, 60)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 69.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, 14.84, 50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 52.28, 73.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% 0.0379 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.119 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7492, 31.2273, 8.5241)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78C3C #3C77C7

analogous

#C7463C #C78C3C #BCC73C

triadic

#C78C3C #3CC78C #8C3CC7

tetradic

#C78C3C #3CC746 #3C77C7 #C73CBC

square

#C78C3C #3CC746 #3C77C7 #C73CBC

split-complementary

#C78C3C #3CBCC7 #463CC7

monochromatic

#6A4A1E #9A6B2C #C78C3C #D5A86C #E2C49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C78C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#C78C3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78C3C

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78C3C	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 140, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.119 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddad76',
    500: '#c78c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78c3c;
$custom-light: #ddad76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.532,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6839,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78C3C

secondary

#91ABCE

accent

#89DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78C3C

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

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