#A78921#A78921

#A78921 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.121 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78921
RGB	rgb(167, 137, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, 1.02, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 55.57, 88.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0034 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.121 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1580, 26.2182, 5.1741)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78921 #213FA7

analogous

#A74621 #A78921 #82A721

triadic

#A78921 #21A789 #8921A7

tetradic

#A78921 #21A746 #213FA7 #A72182

square

#A78921 #21A746 #213FA7 #A72182

split-complementary

#A78921 #2182A7 #4621A7

monochromatic

#41350D #745F17 #A78921 #D6B12F #E0C462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A78921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#A78921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78921

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78921	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 137, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.121 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab66',
    500: '#a78921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78921;
$custom-light: #c5ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64047,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78921

secondary

#5F76C5

accent

#64EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78921

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

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