#C78D36#C78D36

#C78D36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.123 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78D36
RGB	rgb(199, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, 13.99, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 54.83, 75.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.0346 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.123 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7463, 31.4610, 7.7846)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78D36 #3670C7

analogous

#C74536 #C78D36 #B9C736

triadic

#C78D36 #36C78D #8D36C7

tetradic

#C78D36 #36C745 #3670C7 #C736B9

square

#C78D36 #36C745 #3670C7 #C736B9

split-complementary

#C78D36 #36B9C7 #4536C7

monochromatic

#67491C #976B29 #C78D36 #D5A865 #E2C395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C78D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#C78D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78D36

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78D36	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)

#A2902B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.123 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddae72',
    500: '#c78d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78d36;
$custom-light: #ddae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68527,
    "c": 0.12294,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78D36

secondary

#8BA6CE

accent

#85E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78D36

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

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