#C78E32#C78E32

#C78E32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.125 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E32
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 50)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 74.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, 13.25, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 56.51, 76.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.0319 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.125 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8043, 31.7212, 7.3594)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E32 #326BC7

analogous

#C74432 #C78E32 #B6C732

triadic

#C78E32 #32C78E #8E32C7

tetradic

#C78E32 #32C744 #326BC7 #C732B6

square

#C78E32 #32C744 #326BC7 #C732B6

split-complementary

#C78E32 #32B6C7 #4432C7

monochromatic

#654819 #966B26 #C78E32 #D7A95F #E3C390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C78E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#C78E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E32

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E32	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)

#A39125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.125 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddae70',
    500: '#c78e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e32;
$custom-light: #ddae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.047,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68686,
    "c": 0.12536,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E32

secondary

#87A2CE

accent

#81E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E32

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

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