#A78822#A78822

#A78822 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.119 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78822
RGB	rgb(167, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, 1.61, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 55.01, 88.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0016 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.119 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0307, 25.9409, 5.2018)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78822 #2241A7

analogous

#A74622 #A78822 #84A722

triadic

#A78822 #22A788 #8822A7

tetradic

#A78822 #22A746 #2241A7 #A72284

square

#A78822 #22A746 #2241A7 #A72284

split-complementary

#A78822 #2284A7 #4622A7

monochromatic

#41350D #745F18 #A78822 #D5AF31 #DFC364

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A78822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#A78822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78822

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78822	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98860B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.119 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5aa66',
    500: '#a78822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78822;
$custom-light: #c5aa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63842,
    "c": 0.11949,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78822

secondary

#6078C5

accent

#66E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78822

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

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