#C78D33#C78D33

#C78D33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.125 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78D33
RGB	rgb(199, 141, 51)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 74.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, 13.85, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 56.01, 75.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% 0.0338 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.125 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6780, 31.4337, 7.4249)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78D33 #336DC7

analogous

#C74333 #C78D33 #B7C733

triadic

#C78D33 #33C78D #8D33C7

tetradic

#C78D33 #33C743 #336DC7 #C733B7

square

#C78D33 #33C743 #336DC7 #C733B7

split-complementary

#C78D33 #33B7C7 #4333C7

monochromatic

#66481A #966A27 #C78D33 #D6A861 #E3C391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C78D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#C78D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78D33

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78D33	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 141, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.125 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddae70',
    500: '#c78d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78d33;
$custom-light: #ddae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.486,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68501,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78D33

secondary

#88A3CE

accent

#83E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78D33

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

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