#78785E#78785E

#78785E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.038 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78785E
RGB	rgb(120, 120, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 12%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 22%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 21.7%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, -4.71, 14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 15.08, 108.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% -0.0116 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.038 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4825, 18.2344, 13.2388)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78785E #5E5E78

analogous

#786B5E #78785E #6B785E

triadic

#78785E #5E7878 #785E78

tetradic

#78785E #5E786B #5E5E78 #785E6B

square

#78785E #5E786B #5E5E78 #785E6B

split-complementary

#78785E #5E6B78 #6B5E78

monochromatic

#333328 #565643 #78785E #98987B #B3B39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#78785E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#78785E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78785E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78785E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78785E	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D765C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78785e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 120, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.038 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9e8b',
    500: '#78785e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78785e;
$custom-light: #9f9e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78785e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 12.15,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56539,
    "c": 0.0383,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78785E

secondary

#9090A2

accent

#73B573

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F2F2F0

border

#CCCCCB

text

#0E0E0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #78785E

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

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