#C78D45#C78D45

#C78D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.113 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78D45
RGB	rgb(199, 141, 69)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 65.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, 14.82, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 48.54, 72.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% 0.0391 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.113 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1545, 31.6243, 9.9343)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78D45 #457FC7

analogous

#C74C45 #C78D45 #C0C745

triadic

#C78D45 #45C78D #8D45C7

tetradic

#C78D45 #45C74C #457FC7 #C745C0

square

#C78D45 #45C74C #457FC7 #C745C0

split-complementary

#C78D45 #45C0C7 #4C45C7

monochromatic

#704D22 #9F6D30 #C78D45 #D5AA74 #E3C7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C78D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#C78D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78D45

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78D45	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)

#A1903E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 141, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.113 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcae7b',
    500: '#c78d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78d45;
$custom-light: #dcae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.231,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68676,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78D45

secondary

#98B1D0

accent

#8CDD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78D45

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

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