#C78D41#C78D41

#C78D41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.116 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78D41
RGB	rgb(199, 141, 65)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 67.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, 14.58, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 50.27, 73.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% 0.0378 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.116 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0345, 31.5763, 9.3023)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78D41 #417BC7

analogous

#C74A41 #C78D41 #BEC741

triadic

#C78D41 #41C78D #8D41C7

tetradic

#C78D41 #41C74A #417BC7 #C741BE

square

#C78D41 #41C74A #417BC7 #C741BE

split-complementary

#C78D41 #41BEC7 #4A41C7

monochromatic

#6D4C20 #9D6D2E #C78D41 #D5A970 #E3C6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C78D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#C78D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78D41

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78D41	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)

#A19039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 141, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.116 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcae79',
    500: '#c78d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78d41;
$custom-light: #dcae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.03,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68632,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78D41

secondary

#95AECF

accent

#8ADE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78D41

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

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