#C78D34#C78D34

#C78D34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.124 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78D34
RGB	rgb(199, 141, 52)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 73.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, 13.89, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 55.62, 75.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% 0.034 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.124 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7003, 31.4426, 7.5423)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78D34 #346EC7

analogous

#C74434 #C78D34 #B8C734

triadic

#C78D34 #34C78D #8D34C7

tetradic

#C78D34 #34C744 #346EC7 #C734B8

square

#C78D34 #34C744 #346EC7 #C734B8

split-complementary

#C78D34 #34B8C7 #4434C7

monochromatic

#66481B #966B27 #C78D34 #D6A862 #E3C393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C78D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#C78D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78D34

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78D34	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)

#A29028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 141, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.124 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddae71',
    500: '#c78d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78d34;
$custom-light: #ddae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.327,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6851,
    "c": 0.12413,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78D34

secondary

#89A4CE

accent

#83E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78D34

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

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