#C78F42#C78F42

#C78F42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.115 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78F42
RGB	rgb(199, 143, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, 13.54, 48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 50.05, 74.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% 0.0349 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.115 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3612, 32.1831, 9.5554)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78F42 #427AC7

analogous

#C74D42 #C78F42 #BDC742

triadic

#C78F42 #42C78F #8F42C7

tetradic

#C78F42 #42C74D #427AC7 #C742BD

square

#C78F42 #42C74D #427AC7 #C742BD

split-complementary

#C78F42 #42BDC7 #4D42C7

monochromatic

#6E4D21 #9D6F2F #C78F42 #D5AB71 #E3C7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#C78F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#C78F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78F42

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78F42	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3923A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 143, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.115 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaf79',
    500: '#c78f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78f42;
$custom-light: #dcaf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69028,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78F42

secondary

#95AED0

accent

#88DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78F42

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

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