#C78D3D#C78D3D

#C78D3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.119 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78D3D
RGB	rgb(199, 141, 61)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 69.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, 14.35, 49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 51.96, 73.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% 0.0366 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.119 72)
XYZ	xyz(33.9227, 31.5316, 8.7136)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78D3D #3D77C7

analogous

#C7483D #C78D3D #BCC73D

triadic

#C78D3D #3DC78D #8D3DC7

tetradic

#C78D3D #3DC748 #3D77C7 #C73DBC

square

#C78D3D #3DC748 #3D77C7 #C73DBC

split-complementary

#C78D3D #3DBCC7 #483DC7

monochromatic

#6B4B1F #9A6C2D #C78D3D #D5A96C #E2C59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C78D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#C78D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78D3D

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78D3D	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 141, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.119 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcae76',
    500: '#c78d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78d3d;
$custom-light: #dcae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.783,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68591,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.31529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78D3D

secondary

#91ABCE

accent

#88DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78D3D

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

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