#A78826#A78826

#A78826 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.117 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78826
RGB	rgb(167, 136, 38)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 77.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, 1.77, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 53.59, 88.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0008 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.117 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0918, 25.9653, 5.5236)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78826 #2645A7

analogous

#A74726 #A78826 #86A726

triadic

#A78826 #26A788 #8826A7

tetradic

#A78826 #26A747 #2645A7 #A72686

square

#A78826 #26A747 #2645A7 #A72686

split-complementary

#A78826 #2686A7 #4726A7

monochromatic

#43370F #755F1B #A78826 #D2AD38 #DDC26A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A78826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#A78826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78826

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78826	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)

#988614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 136, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.117 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5aa68',
    500: '#a78826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78826;
$custom-light: #c5aa68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.581,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63867,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78826

secondary

#657CC3

accent

#69E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78826

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

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