#B78A38#B78A38

#B78A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.112 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78A38
RGB	rgb(183, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 8.72, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 49.72, 79.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% 0.0205 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.112 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3325, 28.5319, 7.7029)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78A38 #3865B7

analogous

#B74B38 #B78A38 #A5B738

triadic

#B78A38 #38B78A #8A38B7

tetradic

#B78A38 #38B74B #3865B7 #B738A5

square

#B78A38 #38B74B #3865B7 #B738A5

split-complementary

#B78A38 #38A5B7 #4B38B7

monochromatic

#59431B #88672A #B78A38 #CEA65E #DCC08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B78A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#B78A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B78A38

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78A38	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.112 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac73',
    500: '#b78a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78a38;
$custom-light: #d1ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.74,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66155,
    "c": 0.11226,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78A38

secondary

#849CC7

accent

#7FDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78A38

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

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