#A78922#A78922

#A78922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.120 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78922
RGB	rgb(167, 137, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, 1.05, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 55.24, 88.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0032 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.12 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1722, 26.2239, 5.2489)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78922 #2240A7

analogous

#A74722 #A78922 #83A722

triadic

#A78922 #22A789 #8922A7

tetradic

#A78922 #22A747 #2240A7 #A72283

square

#A78922 #22A747 #2240A7 #A72283

split-complementary

#A78922 #2283A7 #4722A7

monochromatic

#41360D #745F18 #A78922 #D5B031 #DFC464

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A78922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#A78922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78922

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78922	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)

#99870B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 137, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.120 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab66',
    500: '#a78922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78922;
$custom-light: #c5ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64053,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78922

secondary

#6077C5

accent

#65E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78922

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

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