#A78721#A78721

#A78721 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.119 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78721
RGB	rgb(167, 135, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 2.12, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 55.12, 87.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0003 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.119 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8763, 25.6549, 5.0802)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78721 #2141A7

analogous

#A74421 #A78721 #84A721

triadic

#A78721 #21A787 #8721A7

tetradic

#A78721 #21A744 #2141A7 #A72184

square

#A78721 #21A744 #2141A7 #A72184

split-complementary

#A78721 #2184A7 #4421A7

monochromatic

#41340D #745E17 #A78721 #D6AE2F #E0C262

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A78721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#A78721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78721

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78721	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 135, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.119 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a965',
    500: '#a78721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78721;
$custom-light: #c5a965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63625,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78721

secondary

#5F77C5

accent

#67EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78721

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

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