#A78A24#A78A24

#A78A24 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.120 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78A24
RGB	rgb(167, 138, 36)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, 0.58, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 54.78, 89.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0044 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.12 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3447, 26.5214, 5.4529)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78A24 #2441A7

analogous

#A74924 #A78A24 #82A724

triadic

#A78A24 #24A78A #8A24A7

tetradic

#A78A24 #24A749 #2441A7 #A72482

square

#A78A24 #24A749 #2441A7 #A72482

split-complementary

#A78A24 #2482A7 #4924A7

monochromatic

#42370E #756019 #A78A24 #D3B035 #DEC467

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A78A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#A78A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78A24

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78A24	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)

#9A880F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 138, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.120 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab67',
    500: '#a78a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78a24;
$custom-light: #c5ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64277,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78A24

secondary

#6378C4

accent

#65E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78A24

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

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