#C78D3C#C78D3C

#C78D3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.119 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78D3C
RGB	rgb(199, 141, 60)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 69.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, 14.29, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 52.38, 74.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% 0.0363 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.119 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8960, 31.5209, 8.5730)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78D3C #3C76C7

analogous

#C7473C #C78D3C #BBC73C

triadic

#C78D3C #3CC78D #8D3CC7

tetradic

#C78D3C #3CC747 #3C76C7 #C73CBB

square

#C78D3C #3CC747 #3C76C7 #C73CBB

split-complementary

#C78D3C #3CBBC7 #473CC7

monochromatic

#6A4B1E #9A6C2C #C78D3C #D5A96C #E2C59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C78D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#C78D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78D3C

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78D3C	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)

#A19033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 141, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.119 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcae76',
    500: '#c78d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78d3c;
$custom-light: #dcae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.964,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68582,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78D3C

secondary

#91AACE

accent

#88DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78D3C

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

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