#A78022#A78022

#A78022 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.116 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78022
RGB	rgb(167, 128, 34)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(42, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 6.06, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 53.39, 83.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.0111 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.116 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9458, 23.7711, 4.8401)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78022 #2249A7

analogous

#A73E22 #A78022 #8CA722

triadic

#A78022 #22A780 #8022A7

tetradic

#A78022 #22A73E #2249A7 #A7228C

square

#A78022 #22A73E #2249A7 #A7228C

split-complementary

#A78022 #228CA7 #3E22A7

monochromatic

#41320D #745918 #A78022 #D5A531 #DFBB64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A78022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#A78022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78022

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78022	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)

#91800F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 128, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.116 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a465',
    500: '#a78022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78022;
$custom-light: #c6a465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.406,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62171,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78022

secondary

#607EC5

accent

#71E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78022

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

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