#B78740#B78740

#B78740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.106 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78740
RGB	rgb(183, 135, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 65%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 10.87, 44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 45.73, 76.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.0279 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.106 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1196, 27.7676, 8.6755)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78740 #4070B7

analogous

#B74B40 #B78740 #ABB740

triadic

#B78740 #40B787 #8740B7

tetradic

#B78740 #40B74B #4070B7 #B740AB

square

#B78740 #40B74B #4070B7 #B740AB

split-complementary

#B78740 #40ABB7 #4B40B7

monochromatic

#5C4420 #8A6630 #B78740 #CBA369 #DBBF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B78740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#B78740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B78740

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78740	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C67A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 135, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.106 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a977',
    500: '#b78740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78740;
$custom-light: #d0a977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.798,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65641,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78740

secondary

#8DA4C6

accent

#87D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78740

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

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