#B78C28#B78C28

#B78C28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.123 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78C28
RGB	rgb(183, 140, 40)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 78.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, 6.86, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 56.42, 83.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.0132 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.123 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2914, 28.9788, 6.0578)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78C28 #2853B7

analogous

#B74428 #B78C28 #9AB728

triadic

#B78C28 #28B78C #8C28B7

tetradic

#B78C28 #28B744 #2853B7 #B7289A

square

#B78C28 #28B744 #2853B7 #B7289A

split-complementary

#B78C28 #289AB7 #4428B7

monochromatic

#533F12 #85661D #B78C28 #D6AB46 #E1C278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B78C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#B78C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B78C28

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78C28	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 140, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.123 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ad6a',
    500: '#b78c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78c28;
$custom-light: #d1ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.958,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66428,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78C28

secondary

#728CC9

accent

#73E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78C28

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

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