#A78622#A78622

#A78622 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.118 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78622
RGB	rgb(167, 134, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, 2.72, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 54.56, 87.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.0015 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.118 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7517, 25.3828, 5.1088)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78622 #2243A7

analogous

#A74422 #A78622 #86A722

triadic

#A78622 #22A786 #8622A7

tetradic

#A78622 #22A744 #2243A7 #A72286

square

#A78622 #22A744 #2243A7 #A72286

split-complementary

#A78622 #2286A7 #4422A7

monochromatic

#41340D #745D18 #A78622 #D5AC31 #DFC164

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#A78622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#A78622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78622

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78622	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96850D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 134, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.118 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a866',
    500: '#a78622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78622;
$custom-light: #c5a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63421,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78622

secondary

#6079C5

accent

#69E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78622

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

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