#C78E3D#C78E3D

#C78E3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.119 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E3D
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 61)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 69.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, 13.80, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 52.07, 74.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% 0.035 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.119 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0708, 31.8278, 8.7629)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E3D #3D76C7

analogous

#C7493D #C78E3D #BBC73D

triadic

#C78E3D #3DC78E #8E3DC7

tetradic

#C78E3D #3DC749 #3D76C7 #C73DBB

square

#C78E3D #3DC749 #3D76C7 #C73DBB

split-complementary

#C78E3D #3DBBC7 #493DC7

monochromatic

#6B4B1F #9A6D2D #C78E3D #D5AA6C #E2C59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#C78E3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#C78E3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E3D

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E3D	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D87F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.119 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaf76',
    500: '#c78e3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e3d;
$custom-light: #dcaf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.217,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68784,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E3D

secondary

#91ABCE

accent

#87DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E3D

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

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