#C78E49#C78E49

#C78E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.110 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E49
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, 14.53, 44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 46.89, 71.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.0388 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.11 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4309, 31.9719, 10.6598)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E49 #4982C7

analogous

#C74F49 #C78E49 #C1C749

triadic

#C78E49 #49C78E #8E49C7

tetradic

#C78E49 #49C74F #4982C7 #C749C1

square

#C78E49 #49C74F #4982C7 #C749C1

split-complementary

#C78E49 #49C1C7 #4F49C7

monochromatic

#724F23 #A16F32 #C78E49 #D5AB78 #E4C8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#C78E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#C78E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E49

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E49	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)

#A19142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.110 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaf7e',
    500: '#c78e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e49;
$custom-light: #dcaf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.857,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68915,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E49

secondary

#9BB3D1

accent

#8DDC4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E49

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

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