#C78E40#C78E40

#C78E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.117 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E40
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, 13.97, 48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 50.80, 74.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% 0.0359 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.117 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1539, 31.8610, 9.2005)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E40 #4079C7

analogous

#C74B40 #C78E40 #BCC740

triadic

#C78E40 #40C78E #8E40C7

tetradic

#C78E40 #40C74B #4079C7 #C740BC

square

#C78E40 #40C74B #4079C7 #C740BC

split-complementary

#C78E40 #40BCC7 #4B40C7

monochromatic

#6D4C20 #9C6D2E #C78E40 #D5AA6F #E3C69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#C78E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#C78E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E40

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E40	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.117 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaf78',
    500: '#c78e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e40;
$custom-light: #dcaf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68814,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E40

secondary

#94ADCF

accent

#88DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E40

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

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