#A78A2A#A78A2A

#A78A2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.116 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78A2A
RGB	rgb(167, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 74.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, 0.84, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 52.56, 89.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.003 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.116 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4442, 26.5612, 5.9767)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78A2A #2A47A7

analogous

#A74B2A #A78A2A #85A72A

triadic

#A78A2A #2AA78A #8A2AA7

tetradic

#A78A2A #2AA74B #2A47A7 #A72A85

square

#A78A2A #2AA74B #2A47A7 #A72A85

split-complementary

#A78A2A #2A85A7 #4B2AA7

monochromatic

#453911 #76621E #A78A2A #CFAE3F #DBC270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A78A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#A78A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78A2A

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78A2A	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)

#9A881A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.116 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab6a',
    500: '#a78a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78a2a;
$custom-light: #c5ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64319,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78A2A

secondary

#6B7FC2

accent

#6AE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78A2A

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

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