#D78B51#D78B51

#D78B51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.119 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D78B51
RGB	rgb(215, 139, 81)
HSL	hsl(26, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(26, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 62.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, 23.44, 42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 48.51, 61.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0653 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.119 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7449, 33.5099, 12.2105)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D78B51 #519DD7

analogous

#D7515A #D78B51 #D7CE51

triadic

#D78B51 #51D78B #8B51D7

tetradic

#D78B51 #5AD751 #519DD7 #CE51D7

square

#D78B51 #5AD751 #519DD7 #CE51D7

split-complementary

#D78B51 #51D7CE #515AD7

monochromatic

#8D4F20 #BF6C2C #D78B51 #E2AC83 #EECDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#D78B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#D78B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D78B51

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D78B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D78B51	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1924C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E97B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d78b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 139, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.119 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ad83',
    500: '#d78b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d78b51;
$custom-light: #e8ad83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d78b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.97,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70328,
    "c": 0.11874,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D78B51

secondary

#A7C5DD

accent

#9FE642

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D78B51

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

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