#B78438#B78438

#B78438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.111 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78438
RGB	rgb(183, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, 12.05, 47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 48.84, 75.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.0303 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.111 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4954, 26.8576, 7.4239)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78438 #386BB7

analogous

#B74538 #B78438 #AAB738

triadic

#B78438 #38B784 #8438B7

tetradic

#B78438 #38B745 #386BB7 #B738AA

square

#B78438 #38B745 #386BB7 #B738AA

split-complementary

#B78438 #38AAB7 #4538B7

monochromatic

#59401B #88622A #B78438 #CEA15E #DCBC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#B78438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#B78438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B78438

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78438	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.111 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a772',
    500: '#b78438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78438;
$custom-light: #d1a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.906,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64962,
    "c": 0.11113,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78438

secondary

#849FC7

accent

#86DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78438

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

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