#C78E31#C78E31

#C78E31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.126 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E31
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 75.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, 13.21, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 56.89, 76.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% 0.0317 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.126 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7829, 31.7127, 7.2470)
Luminance	0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E31 #316AC7

analogous

#C74331 #C78E31 #B5C731

triadic

#C78E31 #31C78E #8E31C7

tetradic

#C78E31 #31C743 #316AC7 #C731B5

square

#C78E31 #31C743 #316AC7 #C731B5

split-complementary

#C78E31 #31B5C7 #4331C7

monochromatic

#654819 #966B25 #C78E31 #D7A95E #E3C38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C78E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#C78E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E31

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E31	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)

#A39123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.126 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddae6f',
    500: '#c78e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e31;
$custom-light: #ddae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68679,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E31

secondary

#86A1CE

accent

#81E444

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E31

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

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