#B78E49#B78E49

#B78E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.100 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78E49
RGB	rgb(183, 142, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 60.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 7.63, 42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 42.79, 79.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% 0.0197 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.1 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4056, 29.8963, 10.4711)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78E49 #4972B7

analogous

#B75749 #B78E49 #A9B749

triadic

#B78E49 #49B78E #8E49B7

tetradic

#B78E49 #49B757 #4972B7 #B749A9

square

#B78E49 #49B757 #4972B7 #B749A9

split-complementary

#B78E49 #49A9B7 #5749B7

monochromatic

#604A26 #8C6C37 #B78E49 #C8A975 #DAC4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#B78E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#B78E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B78E49

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78E49	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 142, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.100 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ae7e',
    500: '#b78e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78e49;
$custom-light: #d0ae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.636,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67149,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78E49

secondary

#95A8C6

accent

#84D355

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78E49

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

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