#A78020#A78020

#A78020 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.117 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78020
RGB	rgb(167, 128, 32)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 80.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 5.98, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 54.08, 83.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.0107 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.117 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9178, 23.7599, 4.6926)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78020 #2047A7

analogous

#A73D20 #A78020 #8BA720

triadic

#A78020 #20A780 #8020A7

tetradic

#A78020 #20A73D #2047A7 #A7208B

square

#A78020 #20A73D #2047A7 #A7208B

split-complementary

#A78020 #208BA7 #3D20A7

monochromatic

#40310C #745916 #A78020 #D7A62D #E1BC61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A78020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#A78020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78020

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78020	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91800B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 128, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.117 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a464',
    500: '#a78020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78020;
$custom-light: #c6a464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.667,
    "s": 67.839,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62158,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78020

secondary

#5D7BC5

accent

#6FEB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78020

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

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