#A78A26#A78A26

#A78A26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.118 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78A26
RGB	rgb(167, 138, 38)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 77.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, 0.66, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 54.06, 89.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.0039 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.118 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3761, 26.5339, 5.6183)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78A26 #2643A7

analogous

#A74A26 #A78A26 #83A726

triadic

#A78A26 #26A78A #8A26A7

tetradic

#A78A26 #26A74A #2643A7 #A72683

square

#A78A26 #26A74A #2643A7 #A72683

split-complementary

#A78A26 #2683A7 #4A26A7

monochromatic

#43380F #75611B #A78A26 #D2AF38 #DDC36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A78A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#A78A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78A26

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78A26	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)

#9A8813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 138, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.118 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab68',
    500: '#a78a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78a26;
$custom-light: #c5ab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.512,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6429,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78A26

secondary

#657BC3

accent

#67E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78A26

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

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