#A78427#A78427

#A78427 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.115 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78427
RGB	rgb(167, 132, 39)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(44, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 76.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, 4.03, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 52.33, 85.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% 0.0058 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.115 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5553, 24.8662, 5.4254)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78427 #274AA7

analogous

#A74427 #A78427 #8AA727

triadic

#A78427 #27A784 #8427A7

tetradic

#A78427 #27A744 #274AA7 #A7278A

square

#A78427 #27A744 #274AA7 #A7278A

split-complementary

#A78427 #278AA7 #4427A7

monochromatic

#443610 #755D1B #A78427 #D1A83A #DDBE6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#A78427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#A78427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78427

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78427	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 132, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.115 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a768',
    500: '#a78427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78427;
$custom-light: #c5a768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.594,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63035,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78427

secondary

#6780C3

accent

#6FE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78427

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

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