#A78638#A78638

#A78638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.104 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78638
RGB	rgb(167, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 3.83, 45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 45.65, 85.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.0074 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.104 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1766, 25.5528, 7.3467)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78638 #3859A7

analogous

#A74E38 #A78638 #90A738

triadic

#A78638 #38A786 #8638A7

tetradic

#A78638 #38A74E #3859A7 #A73890

square

#A78638 #38A74E #3859A7 #A73890

split-complementary

#A78638 #3890A7 #4E38A7

monochromatic

#4B3C19 #796129 #A78638 #C6A556 #D6BD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A78638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A78638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78638

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78638	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.104 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a972',
    500: '#a78638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78638;
$custom-light: #c4a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 49.776,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63602,
    "c": 0.10383,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78638

secondary

#7B90BF

accent

#78D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78638

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

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