#A78621#A78621

#A78621 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.119 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78621
RGB	rgb(167, 134, 33)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, 2.68, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 54.91, 87.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% 0.0013 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.119 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7375, 25.3771, 5.0339)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78621 #2142A7

analogous

#A74321 #A78621 #85A721

triadic

#A78621 #21A786 #8621A7

tetradic

#A78621 #21A743 #2142A7 #A72185

square

#A78621 #21A743 #2142A7 #A72185

split-complementary

#A78621 #2185A7 #4321A7

monochromatic

#41340D #745D17 #A78621 #D6AD2F #E0C162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#A78621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#A78621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78621

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78621	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)

#96850A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 134, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.119 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a865',
    500: '#a78621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78621;
$custom-light: #c6a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63414,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78621

secondary

#5F78C5

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78621

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

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