#A78438#A78438

#A78438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.103 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78438
RGB	rgb(167, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, 4.94, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 45.19, 83.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.0106 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.103 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9028, 25.0052, 7.2555)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78438 #385BA7

analogous

#A74C38 #A78438 #92A738

triadic

#A78438 #38A784 #8438A7

tetradic

#A78438 #38A74C #385BA7 #A73892

square

#A78438 #38A74C #385BA7 #A73892

split-complementary

#A78438 #3892A7 #4C38A7

monochromatic

#4B3C19 #796029 #A78438 #C6A356 #D6BC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#A78438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#A78438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78438

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78438	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.103 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a772',
    500: '#a78438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78438;
$custom-light: #c4a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.081,
    "s": 49.776,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63185,
    "c": 0.1029,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78438

secondary

#7B91BF

accent

#7AD94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78438

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

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