#C78F3C#C78F3C

#C78F3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78F3C
RGB	rgb(199, 143, 60)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 69.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 13.20, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 52.60, 75.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0331 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.119 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1935, 32.1160, 8.6722)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78F3C #3C74C7

analogous

#C7493C #C78F3C #B9C73C

triadic

#C78F3C #3CC78F #8F3CC7

tetradic

#C78F3C #3CC749 #3C74C7 #C73CB9

square

#C78F3C #3CC749 #3C74C7 #C73CB9

split-complementary

#C78F3C #3CB9C7 #493CC7

monochromatic

#6A4C1E #9A6E2C #C78F3C #D5AA6C #E2C69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#C78F3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#C78F3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78F3C

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78F3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78F3C	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78f3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 143, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaf76',
    500: '#c78f3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78f3c;
$custom-light: #dcaf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78f3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.827,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68967,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78F3C

secondary

#91A9CE

accent

#85DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78F3C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →