#C78E34#C78E34

#C78E34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.124 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E34
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 52)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 73.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, 13.35, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 55.73, 76.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% 0.0324 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.124 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8484, 31.7388, 7.5917)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E34 #346DC7

analogous

#C74534 #C78E34 #B7C734

triadic

#C78E34 #34C78E #8E34C7

tetradic

#C78E34 #34C745 #346DC7 #C734B7

square

#C78E34 #34C745 #346DC7 #C734B7

split-complementary

#C78E34 #34B7C7 #4534C7

monochromatic

#66491B #966B27 #C78E34 #D6A962 #E3C493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C78E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#C78E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E34

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E34	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)

#A39128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.124 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddae71',
    500: '#c78e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e34;
$custom-light: #ddae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.735,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68702,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E34

secondary

#89A4CE

accent

#82E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E34

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

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