#A78227#A78227

#A78227 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.114 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78227
RGB	rgb(167, 130, 39)
HSL	hsl(43, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 76.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, 5.15, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 51.92, 84.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% 0.0091 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.114 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2867, 24.3289, 5.3358)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78227 #274CA7

analogous

#A74227 #A78227 #8CA727

triadic

#A78227 #27A782 #8227A7

tetradic

#A78227 #27A742 #274CA7 #A7278C

square

#A78227 #27A742 #274CA7 #A7278C

split-complementary

#A78227 #278CA7 #4227A7

monochromatic

#443510 #755B1B #A78227 #D1A53A #DDBC6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#A78227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#A78227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78227

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78227	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 130, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.114 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a668',
    500: '#a78227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78227;
$custom-light: #c5a668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.656,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62619,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78227

secondary

#6781C3

accent

#72E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78227

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

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