#C78E33#C78E33

#C78E33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.125 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E33
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 51)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 74.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, 13.30, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 56.12, 76.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.0322 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.125 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8261, 31.7299, 7.4743)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E33 #336CC7

analogous

#C74433 #C78E33 #B6C733

triadic

#C78E33 #33C78E #8E33C7

tetradic

#C78E33 #33C744 #336CC7 #C733B6

square

#C78E33 #33C744 #336CC7 #C733B6

split-complementary

#C78E33 #33B6C7 #4433C7

monochromatic

#66481A #966B27 #C78E33 #D6A961 #E3C491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C78E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#C78E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E33

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E33	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.125 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddae70',
    500: '#c78e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e33;
$custom-light: #ddae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.892,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68694,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E33

secondary

#88A3CE

accent

#82E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E33

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

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