#C78C48#C78C48

#C78C48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.111 H 67.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78C48
RGB	rgb(199, 140, 72)
HSL	hsl(32, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 63.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, 15.56, 44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 47.15, 70.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% 0.0417 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.111 67.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1032, 31.3689, 10.3883)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78C48 #4883C7

analogous

#C74C48 #C78C48 #C2C748

triadic

#C78C48 #48C78C #8C48C7

tetradic

#C78C48 #48C74C #4883C7 #C748C2

square

#C78C48 #48C74C #4883C7 #C748C2

split-complementary

#C78C48 #48C2C7 #4C48C7

monochromatic

#724D23 #A16D31 #C78C48 #D5A977 #E4C7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C78C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#C78C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78C48

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78C48	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 140, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.111 67.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcad7d',
    500: '#c78c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78c48;
$custom-light: #dcad7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.126,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68521,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 67.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78C48

secondary

#9AB3D1

accent

#8FDD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78C48

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

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