#C78E30#C78E30

#C78E30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.126 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E30
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 48)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 75.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, 13.17, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 57.27, 76.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% 0.0314 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.126 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7621, 31.7043, 7.1371)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E30 #3069C7

analogous

#C74230 #C78E30 #B4C730

triadic

#C78E30 #30C78E #8E30C7

tetradic

#C78E30 #30C742 #3069C7 #C730B4

square

#C78E30 #30C742 #3069C7 #C730B4

split-complementary

#C78E30 #30B4C7 #4230C7

monochromatic

#644818 #966B24 #C78E30 #D8A95C #E4C38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C78E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#C78E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E30

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E30	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.126 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddae6f',
    500: '#c78e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e30;
$custom-light: #ddae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.351,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68671,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E30

secondary

#85A0CE

accent

#80E444

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E30

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

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