#A78973#A78973

#A78973 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.048 H 58.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78973
RGB	rgb(167, 137, 115)
HSL	hsl(25, 23%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(25, 31%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 31.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 8.06, 16.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 17.99, 63.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.0256 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.048 58)
XYZ	xyz(27.9770, 27.3458, 20.0209)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78973 #7391A7

analogous

#A77377 #A78973 #A7A373

triadic

#A78973 #73A789 #8973A7

tetradic

#A78973 #77A773 #7391A7 #A373A7

square

#A78973 #77A773 #7391A7 #A373A7

split-complementary

#A78973 #73A7A3 #7377A7

monochromatic

#624D3E #886B55 #A78973 #BFA999 #D6C8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A78973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#A78973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78973

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78973	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928B72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08383

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 137, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.048 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab9b',
    500: '#a78973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78973;
$custom-light: #c2ab9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.385,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65212,
    "c": 0.04837,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.27345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78973

secondary

#B0BDC6

accent

#9BBF68

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#12100E

muted

#817F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78973

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

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