#C78E48#C78E48

#C78E48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.111 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E48
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 72)
HSL	hsl(33, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 63.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, 14.47, 45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 47.33, 72.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.0385 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.111 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3981, 31.9587, 10.4866)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E48 #4881C7

analogous

#C74E48 #C78E48 #C0C748

triadic

#C78E48 #48C78E #8E48C7

tetradic

#C78E48 #48C74E #4881C7 #C748C0

square

#C78E48 #48C74E #4881C7 #C748C0

split-complementary

#C78E48 #48C0C7 #4E48C7

monochromatic

#724E23 #A16F31 #C78E48 #D5AB77 #E4C8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#C78E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#C78E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E48

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E48	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.111 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaf7d',
    500: '#c78e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e48;
$custom-light: #dcaf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.071,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68903,
    "c": 0.11095,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E48

secondary

#9AB3D1

accent

#8CDD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E48

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

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