#B78938#B78938

#B78938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.112 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78938
RGB	rgb(183, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, 9.28, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 49.55, 79.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.0222 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.112 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1897, 28.2463, 7.6553)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78938 #3866B7

analogous

#B74A38 #B78938 #A6B738

triadic

#B78938 #38B789 #8938B7

tetradic

#B78938 #38B74A #3866B7 #B738A6

square

#B78938 #38B74A #3866B7 #B738A6

split-complementary

#B78938 #38A6B7 #4A38B7

monochromatic

#59431B #88662A #B78938 #CEA55E #DCC08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B78938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B78938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B78938

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78938	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6953B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.112 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ab73',
    500: '#b78938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78938;
$custom-light: #d1ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.268,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65954,
    "c": 0.112,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78938

secondary

#849CC7

accent

#80DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78938

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

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