#C78F31#C78F31

#C78F31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.126 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78F31
RGB	rgb(199, 143, 49)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 75.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, 12.66, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 57.00, 77.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% 0.0301 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.126 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9324, 32.0116, 7.2969)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78F31 #3169C7

analogous

#C74431 #C78F31 #B4C731

triadic

#C78F31 #31C78F #8F31C7

tetradic

#C78F31 #31C744 #3169C7 #C731B4

square

#C78F31 #31C744 #3169C7 #C731B4

split-complementary

#C78F31 #31B4C7 #4431C7

monochromatic

#654819 #966C25 #C78F31 #D7AA5E #E3C48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#C78F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#C78F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78F31

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78F31	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 143, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.126 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaf6f',
    500: '#c78f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78f31;
$custom-light: #ddaf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68872,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78F31

secondary

#86A1CE

accent

#80E444

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78F31

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

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