diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e153fce677..0dd4f0ac27 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ message(STATUS "Configuring OpenMW...")
 set(OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR 49)
 set(OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE 0)
-set(OPENMW_LUA_API_REVISION 75)
+set(OPENMW_LUA_API_REVISION 76)
 set(OPENMW_POSTPROCESSING_API_REVISION 2)
 
 set(OPENMW_VERSION_COMMITHASH "")
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/light.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/light.cpp
index 41a0bf8d4a..171db177a4 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/light.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/light.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <components/esm3/loadligh.hpp>
 #include <components/lua/luastate.hpp>
 #include <components/lua/util.hpp>
+#include <components/misc/color.hpp>
 #include <components/misc/resourcehelpers.hpp>
 #include <components/resource/resourcesystem.hpp>
 
@@ -62,7 +63,13 @@ namespace
         if (rec["radius"] != sol::nil)
             light.mData.mRadius = rec["radius"];
         if (rec["color"] != sol::nil)
-            light.mData.mColor = rec["color"];
+        {
+            sol::object color = rec["color"];
+            if (color.is<Misc::Color>())
+                light.mData.mColor = color.as<Misc::Color>().toRGBA();
+            else
+                light.mData.mColor = color.as<uint32_t>();
+        }
         setRecordFlag(rec, "isCarriable", ESM::Light::Carry, light);
         setRecordFlag(rec, "isDynamic", ESM::Light::Dynamic, light);
         setRecordFlag(rec, "isFire", ESM::Light::Fire, light);
@@ -104,7 +111,8 @@ namespace MWLua
         record["value"] = sol::readonly_property([](const ESM::Light& rec) -> int { return rec.mData.mValue; });
         record["duration"] = sol::readonly_property([](const ESM::Light& rec) -> int { return rec.mData.mTime; });
         record["radius"] = sol::readonly_property([](const ESM::Light& rec) -> int { return rec.mData.mRadius; });
-        record["color"] = sol::readonly_property([](const ESM::Light& rec) -> int { return rec.mData.mColor; });
+        record["color"] = sol::readonly_property(
+            [](const ESM::Light& rec) -> Misc::Color { return Misc::Color::fromRGB(rec.mData.mColor); });
         record["isCarriable"] = sol::readonly_property(
             [](const ESM::Light& rec) -> bool { return rec.mData.mFlags & ESM::Light::Carry; });
         record["isDynamic"] = sol::readonly_property(
diff --git a/components/misc/color.cpp b/components/misc/color.cpp
index b6e7be1fa3..0652e6dbb7 100644
--- a/components/misc/color.cpp
+++ b/components/misc/color.cpp
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <system_error>
 
+#include <components/sceneutil/util.hpp>
+
 namespace Misc
 {
     Color::Color(float r, float g, float b, float a)
-        : mR(std::clamp(r, 0.f, 1.f))
-        , mG(std::clamp(g, 0.f, 1.f))
-        , mB(std::clamp(b, 0.f, 1.f))
-        , mA(std::clamp(a, 0.f, 1.f))
+        : mValue(std::clamp(r, 0.f, 1.f), std::clamp(g, 0.f, 1.f), std::clamp(b, 0.f, 1.f), std::clamp(a, 0.f, 1.f))
     {
     }
 
@@ -27,26 +26,31 @@ namespace Misc
     {
         if (hex.size() != 6)
             throw std::logic_error(std::string("Invalid hex color: ") += hex);
-        std::array<float, 3> rgb;
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < rgb.size(); i++)
+        Color col;
+        col.mValue.a() = 1;
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < 3; i++)
         {
             auto sub = hex.substr(i * 2, 2);
             int v = 0;
             auto [_, ec] = std::from_chars(sub.data(), sub.data() + sub.size(), v, 16);
             if (ec != std::errc())
                 throw std::logic_error(std::string("Invalid hex color: ") += hex);
-            rgb[i] = v / 255.0f;
+            col.mValue[i] = v / 255.0f;
         }
-        return Color(rgb[0], rgb[1], rgb[2], 1);
+        return col;
+    }
+
+    Color Color::fromRGB(unsigned int value)
+    {
+        return Color(SceneUtil::colourFromRGB(value));
     }
 
     std::string Color::toHex() const
     {
         std::string result(6, '0');
-        std::array<float, 3> rgb = { mR, mG, mB };
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < rgb.size(); i++)
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < 3; i++)
         {
-            int b = static_cast<int>(rgb[i] * 255.0f);
+            int b = static_cast<int>(mValue[i] * 255.0f);
             char* start = result.data() + i * 2;
             if (b < 16)
                 start++;
@@ -59,6 +63,6 @@ namespace Misc
 
     bool operator==(const Color& l, const Color& r)
     {
-        return l.mR == r.mR && l.mG == r.mG && l.mB == r.mB && l.mA == r.mA;
+        return l.mValue == r.mValue;
     }
 }
diff --git a/components/misc/color.hpp b/components/misc/color.hpp
index f23448c98f..20a24a73ad 100644
--- a/components/misc/color.hpp
+++ b/components/misc/color.hpp
@@ -3,31 +3,38 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include <osg/Vec4>
+
 namespace Misc
 {
     class Color
     {
+        explicit Color(osg::Vec4&& value)
+            : mValue(value)
+        {
+        }
+
     public:
+        Color() = default;
         Color(float r, float g, float b, float a);
 
-        float r() const { return mR; }
-        float g() const { return mG; }
-        float b() const { return mB; }
-        float a() const { return mA; }
+        float r() const { return mValue.r(); }
+        float g() const { return mValue.g(); }
+        float b() const { return mValue.b(); }
+        float a() const { return mValue.a(); }
 
         std::string toString() const;
 
         static Color fromHex(std::string_view hex);
+        static Color fromRGB(unsigned int value);
 
         std::string toHex() const;
+        unsigned int toRGBA() const { return mValue.asRGBA(); }
 
         friend bool operator==(const Color& l, const Color& r);
 
     private:
-        float mR;
-        float mG;
-        float mB;
-        float mA;
+        osg::Vec4 mValue;
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/files/lua_api/openmw/types.lua b/files/lua_api/openmw/types.lua
index 0012a51c41..5aef5fac94 100644
--- a/files/lua_api/openmw/types.lua
+++ b/files/lua_api/openmw/types.lua
@@ -1673,7 +1673,7 @@
 -- @field #number value
 -- @field #number duration
 -- @field #number radius
--- @field #number color
+-- @field openmw.util#Color color
 -- @field #boolean isCarriable True if the light can be carried by actors and appears up in their inventory.
 -- @field #boolean isDynamic If true, the light will apply to actors and other moving objects
 -- @field #boolean isFire True if the light acts like a fire.