#B78C38#B78C38

#B78C38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.113 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78C38
RGB	rgb(183, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 7.62, 49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 50.07, 81.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% 0.0173 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.113 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6221, 29.1111, 7.7994)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78C38 #3863B7

analogous

#B74D38 #B78C38 #A3B738

triadic

#B78C38 #38B78C #8C38B7

tetradic

#B78C38 #38B74D #3863B7 #B738A3

square

#B78C38 #38B74D #3863B7 #B738A3

split-complementary

#B78C38 #38A3B7 #4D38B7

monochromatic

#59441B #88682A #B78C38 #CEA85E #DCC18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B78C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B78C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B78C38

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78C38	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C67F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.113 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ad73',
    500: '#b78c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78c38;
$custom-light: #d1ad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.685,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66557,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78C38

secondary

#849BC7

accent

#7CDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78C38

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

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