#C78D61#C78D61

#C78D61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.092 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78D61
RGB	rgb(199, 141, 97)
HSL	hsl(26, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(26, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 51.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, 16.99, 32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 36.36, 62.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% 0.0494 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.092 57.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2376, 32.0575, 15.6387)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78D61 #619BC7

analogous

#C76168 #C78D61 #C7C061

triadic

#C78D61 #61C78D #8D61C7

tetradic

#C78D61 #68C761 #619BC7 #C061C7

square

#C78D61 #68C761 #619BC7 #C061C7

split-complementary

#C78D61 #61C7C0 #6168C7

monochromatic

#80512D #AD6E3D #C78D61 #D7AE8E #E7CEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#C78D61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#C78D61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78D61

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78D61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78D61	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E925E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78d61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 141, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.092 57.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbae8e',
    500: '#c78d61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78d61;
$custom-light: #dbae8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78d61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.882,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69072,
    "c": 0.09231,
    "h": 57.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78D61

secondary

#AEC5D6

accent

#9DD751

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#15100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78D61

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

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