#A78A25#A78A25

#A78A25 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.119 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78A25
RGB	rgb(167, 138, 37)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 77.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, 0.62, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 54.43, 89.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0041 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.119 92)
XYZ	xyz(25.3602, 26.5276, 5.5345)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78A25 #2542A7

analogous

#A74925 #A78A25 #83A725

triadic

#A78A25 #25A78A #8A25A7

tetradic

#A78A25 #25A749 #2542A7 #A72583

square

#A78A25 #25A749 #2542A7 #A72583

split-complementary

#A78A25 #2583A7 #4925A7

monochromatic

#43370F #75611A #A78A25 #D3B037 #DEC469

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A78A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#A78A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78A25

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78A25	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8811

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 138, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.119 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab68',
    500: '#a78a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78a25;
$custom-light: #c5ab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64284,
    "c": 0.11899,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.26526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78A25

secondary

#6479C4

accent

#66E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78A25

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

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