#B78D40#B78D40

#B78D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.107 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78D40
RGB	rgb(183, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 65%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, 7.55, 46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 46.74, 80.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% 0.0182 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.107 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9804, 29.4892, 8.9624)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78D40 #406AB7

analogous

#B75240 #B78D40 #A5B740

triadic

#B78D40 #40B78D #8D40B7

tetradic

#B78D40 #40B752 #406AB7 #B740A5

square

#B78D40 #40B752 #406AB7 #B740A5

split-complementary

#B78D40 #40A5B7 #5240B7

monochromatic

#5C4720 #8A6A30 #B78D40 #CBA869 #DBC397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#B78D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#B78D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B78D40

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78D40	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.107 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ae78',
    500: '#b78d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78d40;
$custom-light: #d0ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66841,
    "c": 0.10722,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78D40

secondary

#8DA1C6

accent

#80D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78D40

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

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