#D78C50#D78C50

#D78C50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.119 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D78C50
RGB	rgb(215, 140, 80)
HSL	hsl(27, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(27, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 62.8%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 22.84, 43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 48.90, 62.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% 0.0634 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.119 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8531, 33.7859, 12.0630)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D78C50 #509BD7

analogous

#D75057 #D78C50 #D7D050

triadic

#D78C50 #50D78C #8C50D7

tetradic

#D78C50 #57D750 #509BD7 #D050D7

square

#D78C50 #57D750 #509BD7 #D050D7

split-complementary

#D78C50 #50D7D0 #5057D7

monochromatic

#8C5020 #BE6D2B #D78C50 #E2AD82 #EECDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#D78C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#D78C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D78C50

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D78C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D78C50	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2934A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E97C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d78c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 140, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.119 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ae83',
    500: '#d78c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d78c50;
$custom-light: #e8ae83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d78c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70495,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D78C50

secondary

#A6C4DC

accent

#9DE642

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D78C50

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

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