#A78948#A78948

#A78948 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.091 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78948
RGB	rgb(167, 137, 72)
HSL	hsl(41, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 56.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, 3.33, 38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 38.83, 85.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.008 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.091 85)
XYZ	xyz(26.0529, 26.5761, 9.8871)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78948 #4866A7

analogous

#A75A48 #A78948 #96A748

triadic

#A78948 #48A789 #8948A7

tetradic

#A78948 #48A75A #4866A7 #A74896

square

#A78948 #48A75A #4866A7 #A74896

split-complementary

#A78948 #4896A7 #5A48A7

monochromatic

#514323 #7C6636 #A78948 #C0A56C #D2C097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A78948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#A78948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78948

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78948	1.00	3.33	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 137, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.091 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ab7d',
    500: '#a78948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78948;
$custom-light: #c4ab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 39.749,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6442,
    "c": 0.09142,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.26575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78948

secondary

#8C9CBE

accent

#7ED058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78948

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

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