#C78E42#C78E42

#C78E42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.115 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E42
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, 14.09, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 49.94, 73.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0365 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.115 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2118, 31.8842, 9.5056)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E42 #427BC7

analogous

#C74C42 #C78E42 #BDC742

triadic

#C78E42 #42C78E #8E42C7

tetradic

#C78E42 #42C74C #427BC7 #C742BD

square

#C78E42 #42C74C #427BC7 #C742BD

split-complementary

#C78E42 #42BDC7 #4C42C7

monochromatic

#6E4D21 #9D6E2F #C78E42 #D5AA71 #E3C6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#C78E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#C78E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E42

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E42	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2913A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.115 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaf79',
    500: '#c78e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e42;
$custom-light: #dcaf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68835,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E42

secondary

#95AED0

accent

#89DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E42

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

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