#B78B31#B78B31

#B78B31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.117 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78B31
RGB	rgb(183, 139, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 73.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, 7.80, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 52.81, 81.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% 0.017 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.117 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3173, 28.7564, 6.9116)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78B31 #315DB7

analogous

#B74831 #B78B31 #A0B731

triadic

#B78B31 #31B78B #8B31B7

tetradic

#B78B31 #31B748 #315DB7 #B731A0

square

#B78B31 #31B748 #315DB7 #B731A0

split-complementary

#B78B31 #31A0B7 #4831B7

monochromatic

#564217 #876624 #B78B31 #D1A854 #DEC184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B78B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#B78B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B78B31

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78B31	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 139, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.117 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac6f',
    500: '#b78b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78b31;
$custom-light: #d1ac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.299,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66293,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78B31

secondary

#7C95C8

accent

#79E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78B31

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

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