#A78021#A78021

#A78021 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.116 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78021
RGB	rgb(167, 128, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 6.02, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 53.74, 83.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.0109 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.116 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9316, 23.7654, 4.7653)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78021 #2148A7

analogous

#A73D21 #A78021 #8BA721

triadic

#A78021 #21A780 #8021A7

tetradic

#A78021 #21A73D #2148A7 #A7218B

square

#A78021 #21A73D #2148A7 #A7218B

split-complementary

#A78021 #218BA7 #3D21A7

monochromatic

#41320D #745917 #A78021 #D6A52F #E0BB62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A78021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#A78021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78021

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78021	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)

#91800D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 128, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.116 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a465',
    500: '#a78021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78021;
$custom-light: #c6a465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.537,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62164,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78021

secondary

#5F7DC5

accent

#70EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78021

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

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