#A78A23#A78A23

#A78A23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.120 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78A23
RGB	rgb(167, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, 0.54, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 55.13, 89.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0046 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.12 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3297, 26.5154, 5.3736)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78A23 #2340A7

analogous

#A74823 #A78A23 #82A723

triadic

#A78A23 #23A78A #8A23A7

tetradic

#A78A23 #23A748 #2340A7 #A72382

square

#A78A23 #23A748 #2340A7 #A72382

split-complementary

#A78A23 #2382A7 #4823A7

monochromatic

#42360E #746018 #A78A23 #D4B133 #DFC466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A78A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#A78A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78A23

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78A23	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)

#9A880D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.120 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab67',
    500: '#a78a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78a23;
$custom-light: #c5ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64271,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78A23

secondary

#6177C4

accent

#65E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78A23

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

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