#D78A55#D78A55

#D78A55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.117 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D78A55
RGB	rgb(215, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(24, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(24, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 60.5%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, 24.26, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 46.94, 58.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% 0.0684 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.117 54.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7552, 33.2834, 12.9758)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D78A55 #55A2D7

analogous

#D75561 #D78A55 #D7CB55

triadic

#D78A55 #55D78A #8A55D7

tetradic

#D78A55 #61D755 #55A2D7 #CB55D7

square

#D78A55 #61D755 #55A2D7 #CB55D7

split-complementary

#D78A55 #55D7CB #5561D7

monochromatic

#904F22 #C16A2D #D78A55 #E3AC87 #EECEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#D78A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#D78A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D78A55

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D78A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D78A55	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E97B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d78a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.117 54.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ac86',
    500: '#d78a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d78a55;
$custom-light: #e8ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d78a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.462,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70203,
    "c": 0.11674,
    "h": 54.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D78A55

secondary

#AAC9DE

accent

#A3E543

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D78A55

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

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