#A78949#A78949

#A78949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.090 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78949
RGB	rgb(167, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 56.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, 3.41, 38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 38.34, 84.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% 0.0084 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.09 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0858, 26.5893, 10.0603)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78949 #4967A7

analogous

#A75A49 #A78949 #96A749

triadic

#A78949 #49A789 #8949A7

tetradic

#A78949 #49A75A #4967A7 #A74996

square

#A78949 #49A75A #4967A7 #A74996

split-complementary

#A78949 #4996A7 #5A49A7

monochromatic

#524324 #7C6636 #A78949 #BFA56E #D2C098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#A78949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#A78949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78949

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78949	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	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)

#978843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.090 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ab7d',
    500: '#a78949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78949;
$custom-light: #c4ab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 39.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64434,
    "c": 0.09047,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78949

secondary

#8D9DBE

accent

#7ECF59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78949

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →