#B78B40#B78B40

#B78B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.107 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78B40
RGB	rgb(183, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 65%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, 8.66, 45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 46.37, 79.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% 0.0214 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.107 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6882, 28.9048, 8.8650)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78B40 #406CB7

analogous

#B74F40 #B78B40 #A7B740

triadic

#B78B40 #40B78B #8B40B7

tetradic

#B78B40 #40B74F #406CB7 #B740A7

square

#B78B40 #40B74F #406CB7 #B740A7

split-complementary

#B78B40 #40A7B7 #4F40B7

monochromatic

#5C4620 #8A6930 #B78B40 #CBA769 #DBC297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B78B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#B78B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B78B40

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78B40	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C67F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.107 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ac78',
    500: '#b78b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78b40;
$custom-light: #d0ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.815,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66438,
    "c": 0.10662,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78B40

secondary

#8DA2C6

accent

#82D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78B40

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

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