#B78C49#B78C49

#B78C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.100 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78C49
RGB	rgb(183, 140, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 60.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, 8.73, 41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 42.41, 78.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% 0.0229 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.1 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1107, 29.3065, 10.3728)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78C49 #4974B7

analogous

#B75549 #B78C49 #ABB749

triadic

#B78C49 #49B78C #8C49B7

tetradic

#B78C49 #49B755 #4974B7 #B749AB

square

#B78C49 #49B755 #4974B7 #B749AB

split-complementary

#B78C49 #49ABB7 #5549B7

monochromatic

#604926 #8C6B37 #B78C49 #C8A875 #DAC3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B78C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#B78C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B78C49

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78C49	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 140, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.100 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ad7e',
    500: '#b78c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78c49;
$custom-light: #d0ad7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.545,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66747,
    "c": 0.0996,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78C49

secondary

#95A9C6

accent

#86D355

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78C49

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

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