#C78E44#C78E44

#C78E44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.114 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E44
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 68)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 65.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, 14.21, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 49.07, 73.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% 0.0372 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.114 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2718, 31.9082, 9.8216)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E44 #447DC7

analogous

#C74D44 #C78E44 #BEC744

triadic

#C78E44 #44C78E #8E44C7

tetradic

#C78E44 #44C74D #447DC7 #C744BE

square

#C78E44 #44C74D #447DC7 #C744BE

split-complementary

#C78E44 #44BEC7 #4D44C7

monochromatic

#6F4D21 #9E6E2F #C78E44 #D5AA73 #E3C7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#C78E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#C78E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E44

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E44	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)

#A2913C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.114 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaf7b',
    500: '#c78e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e44;
$custom-light: #dcaf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.893,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68857,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E44

secondary

#97B0D0

accent

#8ADD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E44

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

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