#A78923#A78923

#A78923 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.120 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78923
RGB	rgb(167, 137, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, 1.09, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 54.89, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.003 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.12 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1869, 26.2297, 5.3260)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78923 #2341A7

analogous

#A74723 #A78923 #83A723

triadic

#A78923 #23A789 #8923A7

tetradic

#A78923 #23A747 #2341A7 #A72383

square

#A78923 #23A747 #2341A7 #A72383

split-complementary

#A78923 #2383A7 #4723A7

monochromatic

#42360E #745F18 #A78923 #D4B033 #DFC366

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A78923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#A78923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78923

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78923	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 137, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.120 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab67',
    500: '#a78923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78923;
$custom-light: #c5ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64059,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78923

secondary

#6178C4

accent

#66E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78923

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

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