#C78E41#C78E41

#C78E41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.116 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E41
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 65)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 67.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, 14.03, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 50.37, 73.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% 0.0362 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.116 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1826, 31.8725, 9.3517)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E41 #417AC7

analogous

#C74B41 #C78E41 #BDC741

triadic

#C78E41 #41C78E #8E41C7

tetradic

#C78E41 #41C74B #417AC7 #C741BD

square

#C78E41 #41C74B #417AC7 #C741BD

split-complementary

#C78E41 #41BDC7 #4B41C7

monochromatic

#6D4D20 #9D6E2E #C78E41 #D5AA70 #E3C6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#C78E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#C78E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E41

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E41	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)

#A29139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.116 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaf79',
    500: '#c78e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e41;
$custom-light: #dcaf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.478,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68825,
    "c": 0.1159,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E41

secondary

#95AECF

accent

#89DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E41

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

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