#C78E36#C78E36

#C78E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.123 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E36
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, 13.44, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 54.94, 75.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% 0.033 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.123 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8944, 31.7572, 7.8339)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E36 #366FC7

analogous

#C74636 #C78E36 #B7C736

triadic

#C78E36 #36C78E #8E36C7

tetradic

#C78E36 #36C746 #366FC7 #C736B7

square

#C78E36 #36C746 #366FC7 #C736B7

split-complementary

#C78E36 #36B7C7 #4636C7

monochromatic

#67491C #976C29 #C78E36 #D5A965 #E2C495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C78E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#C78E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E36

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E36	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)

#A3912A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.123 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaf72',
    500: '#c78e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e36;
$custom-light: #ddaf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.414,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68719,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E36

secondary

#8BA5CE

accent

#84E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E36

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

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