#C78E38#C78E38

#C78E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.122 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E38
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 13.54, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 54.13, 75.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% 0.0335 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.122 74)
XYZ	xyz(33.9423, 31.7764, 8.0864)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E38 #3871C7

analogous

#C74738 #C78E38 #B8C738

triadic

#C78E38 #38C78E #8E38C7

tetradic

#C78E38 #38C747 #3871C7 #C738B8

square

#C78E38 #38C747 #3871C7 #C738B8

split-complementary

#C78E38 #38B8C7 #4738C7

monochromatic

#674A1D #976C2B #C78E38 #D4A968 #E2C498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C78E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#C78E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E38

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E38	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)

#A2912D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.122 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaf73',
    500: '#c78e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e38;
$custom-light: #ddaf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.084,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68737,
    "c": 0.1218,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.31774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E38

secondary

#8DA7CD

accent

#85DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E38

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

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