#C78D31#C78D31

#C78D31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.126 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C78D31
RGBrgb(199, 141, 49)
HSLhsl(37, 60%, 49%)
HSVhsv(37, 75%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 29.1%, 75.4%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(62.86, 13.76, 55.09)
CIE-LCHlch(62.86, 56.79, 75.98°)
OKLaboklab(68.49% 0.0333 0.1214)
OKLCHoklch(68.49% 0.126 74.7)
XYZxyz(33.6348, 31.4164, 7.1977)
Luminance0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C78D31 #316BC7
analogous
#C74231 #C78D31 #B6C731
triadic
#C78D31 #31C78D #8D31C7
tetradic
#C78D31 #31C742 #316BC7 #C731B6
square
#C78D31 #31C742 #316BC7 #C731B6
split-complementary
#C78D31 #31B6C7 #4231C7
monochromatic
#654719 #966A25 #C78D31 #D7A85E #E3C38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88
#C78D31 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28
#C78D31 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78D31
7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C78D31#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C78D311.002.887.287.28
#FFFFFF2.881.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2821.001.001.00
##0000007.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A29024
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E34
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D97E7A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c78d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 141, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.126 74.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddae6f',
    500: '#c78d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c78d31;
$custom-light: #ddae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c78d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.8,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68486,
    "c": 0.12584,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C78D31
secondary
#86A2CE
accent
#82E444
background
#FEFAF6
surface
#FCF4EC
border
#D5CEC7
text
#161008
muted
#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78D31

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#C78D31 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva