#A78237#A78237

#A78237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.103 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78237
RGB	rgb(167, 130, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, 6.00, 44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 45.21, 82.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.0136 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.103 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6100, 24.4582, 7.0384)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78237 #375CA7

analogous

#A74A37 #A78237 #94A737

triadic

#A78237 #37A782 #8237A7

tetradic

#A78237 #37A74A #375CA7 #A73794

square

#A78237 #37A74A #375CA7 #A73794

split-complementary

#A78237 #3794A7 #4A37A7

monochromatic

#4B3A19 #795E28 #A78237 #C7A154 #D6BA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A78237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#A78237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78237

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78237	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92822F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 130, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.103 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a671',
    500: '#a78237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78237;
$custom-light: #c5a671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.179,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6276,
    "c": 0.10286,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78237

secondary

#7A91C0

accent

#7CDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78237

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

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