#C78E27#C78E27

#C78E27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.131 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E27
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 80%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 80.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, 12.82, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 60.48, 77.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% 0.0294 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.131 77)
XYZ	xyz(33.5948, 31.6374, 6.2564)
Luminance	0.3164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E27 #2760C7

analogous

#C73E27 #C78E27 #B0C727

triadic

#C78E27 #27C78E #8E27C7

tetradic

#C78E27 #27C73E #2760C7 #C727B0

square

#C78E27 #27C73E #2760C7 #C727B0

split-complementary

#C78E27 #27B0C7 #3E27C7

monochromatic

#614513 #94691D #C78E27 #DCAA4F #E6C382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C78E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#C78E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E27

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E27	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.131 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddae6a',
    500: '#c78e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e27;
$custom-light: #ddae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.625,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6861,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.31635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E27

secondary

#7B99CF

accent

#7BEA3E

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E27

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

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