#C78D28#C78D28

#C78D28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.130 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78D28
RGB	rgb(199, 141, 40)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 79.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, 13.40, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 60.04, 77.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% 0.0312 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.13 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4635, 31.3479, 6.2954)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78D28 #2862C7

analogous

#C73D28 #C78D28 #B2C728

triadic

#C78D28 #28C78D #8D28C7

tetradic

#C78D28 #28C73D #2862C7 #C728B2

square

#C78D28 #28C73D #2862C7 #C728B2

split-complementary

#C78D28 #28B2C7 #3D28C7

monochromatic

#614514 #94691E #C78D28 #DCA950 #E6C283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C78D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#C78D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78D28

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78D28	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)

#A29015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 141, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.130 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddae6a',
    500: '#c78d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78d28;
$custom-light: #ddae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.113,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68422,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78D28

secondary

#7C9ACF

accent

#7DE93E

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78D28

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

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