#C78D39#C78D39

#C78D39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.121 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78D39
RGB	rgb(199, 141, 57)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, 14.14, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 53.62, 74.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% 0.0354 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.121 73)
XYZ	xyz(33.8189, 31.4901, 8.1671)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78D39 #3973C7

analogous

#C74639 #C78D39 #BAC739

triadic

#C78D39 #39C78D #8D39C7

tetradic

#C78D39 #39C746 #3973C7 #C739BA

square

#C78D39 #39C746 #3973C7 #C739BA

split-complementary

#C78D39 #39BAC7 #4639C7

monochromatic

#684A1D #986B2B #C78D39 #D4A869 #E2C498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C78D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#C78D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78D39

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78D39	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 141, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.121 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddae74',
    500: '#c78d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78d39;
$custom-light: #ddae74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.493,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68553,
    "c": 0.12111,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.31487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78D39

secondary

#8EA8CE

accent

#86DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78D39

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

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