#A78823#A78823

#A78823 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.119 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78823
RGB	rgb(167, 136, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, 1.65, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 54.66, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0014 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.119 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0454, 25.9468, 5.2789)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78823 #2342A7

analogous

#A74623 #A78823 #84A723

triadic

#A78823 #23A788 #8823A7

tetradic

#A78823 #23A746 #2342A7 #A72384

square

#A78823 #23A746 #2342A7 #A72384

split-complementary

#A78823 #2384A7 #4623A7

monochromatic

#42360E #745F18 #A78823 #D4AE33 #DFC266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A78823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#A78823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78823

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78823	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)

#98860E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 136, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.119 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5aa67',
    500: '#a78823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78823;
$custom-light: #c5aa67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63848,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78823

secondary

#6179C4

accent

#67E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78823

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

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