#A78928#A78928

#A78928 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.117 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78928
RGB	rgb(167, 137, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 76%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, 1.30, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 53.08, 88.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0019 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.117 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2665, 26.2616, 5.7453)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78928 #2846A7

analogous

#A74928 #A78928 #85A728

triadic

#A78928 #28A789 #8928A7

tetradic

#A78928 #28A749 #2846A7 #A72885

square

#A78928 #28A749 #2846A7 #A72885

split-complementary

#A78928 #2885A7 #4928A7

monochromatic

#443810 #76601C #A78928 #D0AD3C #DCC26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A78928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#A78928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78928

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78928	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)

#998717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 137, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.117 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab69',
    500: '#a78928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78928;
$custom-light: #c5ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 61.353,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64093,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78928

secondary

#687DC3

accent

#69E443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78928

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

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