#D78A40#D78A40

#D78A40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.129 H 61.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D78A40
RGB	rgb(215, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 70.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, 22.96, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 55.38, 65.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0613 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.129 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0411, 32.9978, 9.2153)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D78A40 #408DD7

analogous

#D74042 #D78A40 #D7D640

triadic

#D78A40 #40D78A #8A40D7

tetradic

#D78A40 #42D740 #408DD7 #D640D7

square

#D78A40 #42D740 #408DD7 #D640D7

split-complementary

#D78A40 #40D7D6 #4042D7

monochromatic

#814D1B #B46B26 #D78A40 #E2A973 #ECC8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#D78A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#D78A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D78A40

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D78A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D78A40	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA797A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d78a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.129 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ac78',
    500: '#d78a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d78a40;
$custom-light: #e9ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d78a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.404,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6995,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D78A40

secondary

#9ABAD9

accent

#96E83F

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FEF4ED

border

#D6CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D78A40

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

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