#C78D40#C78D40

#C78D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.117 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78D40
RGB	rgb(199, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, 14.52, 48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 50.69, 73.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% 0.0375 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.117 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0057, 31.5648, 9.1511)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78D40 #407AC7

analogous

#C74A40 #C78D40 #BEC740

triadic

#C78D40 #40C78D #8D40C7

tetradic

#C78D40 #40C74A #407AC7 #C740BE

square

#C78D40 #40C74A #407AC7 #C740BE

split-complementary

#C78D40 #40BEC7 #4A40C7

monochromatic

#6D4C20 #9C6D2E #C78D40 #D5A96F #E3C59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C78D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#C78D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78D40

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78D40	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)

#A19038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.117 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcae78',
    500: '#c78d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78d40;
$custom-light: #dcae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68622,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78D40

secondary

#94ADCF

accent

#89DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78D40

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

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