#B78738#B78738

#B78738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.112 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78738
RGB	rgb(183, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 10.38, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 49.25, 77.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% 0.0254 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.112 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9081, 27.6829, 7.5614)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78738 #3868B7

analogous

#B74838 #B78738 #A8B738

triadic

#B78738 #38B787 #8738B7

tetradic

#B78738 #38B748 #3868B7 #B738A8

square

#B78738 #38B748 #3868B7 #B738A8

split-complementary

#B78738 #38A8B7 #4838B7

monochromatic

#59421B #88642A #B78738 #CEA45E #DCBE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B78738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B78738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B78738

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78738	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.112 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a972',
    500: '#b78738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78738;
$custom-light: #d1a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.323,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65556,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78738

secondary

#849DC7

accent

#82DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78738

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

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