#C78E50#C78E50

#C78E50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.105 H 66.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E50
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 80)
HSL	hsl(31, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(31, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 59.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, 15.03, 41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 43.80, 69.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69% 0.0413 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.105 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6762, 32.0700, 11.9516)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E50 #5089C7

analogous

#C75350 #C78E50 #C4C750

triadic

#C78E50 #50C78E #8E50C7

tetradic

#C78E50 #50C753 #5089C7 #C750C4

square

#C78E50 #50C753 #5089C7 #C750C4

split-complementary

#C78E50 #50C4C7 #5350C7

monochromatic

#775026 #A56F35 #C78E50 #D6AC7E #E5CAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#C78E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#C78E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E50

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E50	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1924A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.105 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaf83',
    500: '#c78e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e50;
$custom-light: #dbaf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.261,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69004,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E50

secondary

#A0B8D2

accent

#91DB4D

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E50

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

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