#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
RGB	rgb(199, 141, 49)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 75.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, 13.76, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 56.79, 75.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.0333 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.126 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6348, 31.4164, 7.1977)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##C78D31	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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