#C78D42#C78D42

#C78D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.115 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78D42
RGB	rgb(199, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, 14.64, 47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 49.84, 72.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% 0.0382 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.115 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0637, 31.5880, 9.4562)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78D42 #427CC7

analogous

#C74B42 #C78D42 #BEC742

triadic

#C78D42 #42C78D #8D42C7

tetradic

#C78D42 #42C74B #427CC7 #C742BE

square

#C78D42 #42C74B #427CC7 #C742BE

split-complementary

#C78D42 #42BEC7 #4B42C7

monochromatic

#6E4C21 #9D6D2F #C78D42 #D5A971 #E3C6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C78D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#C78D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78D42

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78D42	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1903A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.115 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcae79',
    500: '#c78d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78d42;
$custom-light: #dcae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.835,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68643,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78D42

secondary

#95AFD0

accent

#8ADE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78D42

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

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