#A78A2D#A78A2D

#A78A2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.114 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78A2D
RGB	rgb(167, 138, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 73.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, 0.99, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 51.37, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.0022 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.114 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4999, 26.5834, 6.2701)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78A2D #2D4AA7

analogous

#A74D2D #A78A2D #87A72D

triadic

#A78A2D #2DA78A #8A2DA7

tetradic

#A78A2D #2DA74D #2D4AA7 #A72D87

square

#A78A2D #2DA74D #2D4AA7 #A72D87

split-complementary

#A78A2D #2D87A7 #4D2DA7

monochromatic

#473A13 #776220 #A78A2D #CDAC44 #DAC275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#A78A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#A78A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78A2D

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78A2D	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A881F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 138, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.114 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab6c',
    500: '#a78a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78a2d;
$custom-light: #c5ab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.738,
    "s": 57.547,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64342,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78A2D

secondary

#6E82C1

accent

#6CE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78A2D

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

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