#C78E37#C78E37

#C78E37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.122 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E37
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, 13.49, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 54.54, 75.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% 0.0333 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.122 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9181, 31.7667, 7.9589)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E37 #3770C7

analogous

#C74637 #C78E37 #B8C737

triadic

#C78E37 #37C78E #8E37C7

tetradic

#C78E37 #37C746 #3770C7 #C737B8

square

#C78E37 #37C746 #3770C7 #C737B8

split-complementary

#C78E37 #37B8C7 #4637C7

monochromatic

#674A1C #976C2A #C78E37 #D5A966 #E2C496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C78E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#C78E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E37

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E37	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)

#A3912C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.122 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaf73',
    500: '#c78e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e37;
$custom-light: #ddaf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68728,
    "c": 0.12241,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E37

secondary

#8CA6CD

accent

#84E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E37

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

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