#A78A2B#A78A2B

#A78A2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.115 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78A2B
RGB	rgb(167, 138, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 74.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, 0.89, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 52.17, 89.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0027 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.115 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4623, 26.5684, 6.0721)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78A2B #2B48A7

analogous

#A74C2B #A78A2B #86A72B

triadic

#A78A2B #2BA78A #8A2BA7

tetradic

#A78A2B #2BA74C #2B48A7 #A72B86

square

#A78A2B #2BA74C #2B48A7 #A72B86

split-complementary

#A78A2B #2B86A7 #4C2BA7

monochromatic

#463A12 #76621E #A78A2B #CEAD41 #DBC272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A78A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#A78A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78A2B

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78A2B	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)

#9A881C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 138, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.115 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab6b',
    500: '#a78a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78a2b;
$custom-light: #c5ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.968,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64326,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78A2B

secondary

#6C80C2

accent

#6AE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78A2B

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

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