#C78E2A#C78E2A

#C78E2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.130 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E2A
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, 12.93, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 59.45, 77.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% 0.03 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.13 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6465, 31.6581, 6.5286)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E2A #2A63C7

analogous

#C7402A #C78E2A #B1C72A

triadic

#C78E2A #2AC78E #8E2AC7

tetradic

#C78E2A #2AC740 #2A63C7 #C72AB1

square

#C78E2A #2AC740 #2A63C7 #C72AB1

split-complementary

#C78E2A #2AB1C7 #402AC7

monochromatic

#624615 #946A1F #C78E2A #DBAA53 #E5C386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C78E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#C78E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E2A

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E2A	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	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)

#A39018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.130 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddae6c',
    500: '#c78e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e2a;
$custom-light: #ddae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.217,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68629,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E2A

secondary

#7E9BCF

accent

#7DE840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E2A

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

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