#A78A22#A78A22

#A78A22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.121 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78A22
RGB	rgb(167, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, 0.50, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 55.47, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0048 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.121 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3150, 26.5095, 5.2965)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78A22 #223FA7

analogous

#A74722 #A78A22 #82A722

triadic

#A78A22 #22A78A #8A22A7

tetradic

#A78A22 #22A747 #223FA7 #A72282

square

#A78A22 #22A747 #223FA7 #A72282

split-complementary

#A78A22 #2282A7 #4722A7

monochromatic

#41360D #746018 #A78A22 #D5B131 #DFC564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A78A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#A78A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78A22

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78A22	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A880A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.121 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab66',
    500: '#a78a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78a22;
$custom-light: #c5ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64265,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78A22

secondary

#6076C5

accent

#64E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78A22

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

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