#D78C40#D78C40

#D78C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.129 H 63.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D78C40
RGB	rgb(215, 140, 64)
HSL	hsl(30, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 70.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, 21.88, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 55.40, 66.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% 0.0581 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.129 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3307, 33.5770, 9.3118)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D78C40 #408BD7

analogous

#D74140 #D78C40 #D6D740

triadic

#D78C40 #40D78C #8C40D7

tetradic

#D78C40 #40D741 #408BD7 #D740D6

square

#D78C40 #40D741 #408BD7 #D740D6

split-complementary

#D78C40 #40D6D7 #4140D7

monochromatic

#814F1B #B46D26 #D78C40 #E2AA73 #ECC9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#D78C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#D78C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D78C40

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D78C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D78C40	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA7B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d78c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 140, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.129 63.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ad78',
    500: '#d78c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d78c40;
$custom-light: #e8ad78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d78c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.199,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70312,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D78C40

secondary

#9AB9D9

accent

#93E83F

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FEF4ED

border

#D6CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D78C40

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

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