#A78620#A78620

#A78620 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.119 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78620
RGB	rgb(167, 134, 32)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 80.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, 2.64, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 55.24, 87.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% 0.0011 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.119 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7237, 25.3716, 4.9612)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78620 #2041A7

analogous

#A74320 #A78620 #85A720

triadic

#A78620 #20A786 #8620A7

tetradic

#A78620 #20A743 #2041A7 #A72085

square

#A78620 #20A743 #2041A7 #A72085

split-complementary

#A78620 #2085A7 #4320A7

monochromatic

#40340C #745D16 #A78620 #D7AD2D #E1C161

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#A78620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#A78620 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78620

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78620	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 134, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.119 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a865',
    500: '#a78620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78620;
$custom-light: #c6a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 67.839,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63409,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78620

secondary

#5D77C5

accent

#68EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78620

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

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