#A78A2E#A78A2E

#A78A2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.113 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78A2E
RGB	rgb(167, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, 1.04, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 50.97, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% -0.0019 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.113 91)
XYZ	xyz(25.5194, 26.5912, 6.3727)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78A2E #2E4BA7

analogous

#A74E2E #A78A2E #88A72E

triadic

#A78A2E #2EA78A #8A2EA7

tetradic

#A78A2E #2EA74E #2E4BA7 #A72E88

square

#A78A2E #2EA74E #2E4BA7 #A72E88

split-complementary

#A78A2E #2E88A7 #4E2EA7

monochromatic

#473B14 #776221 #A78A2E #CCAC46 #D9C276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#A78A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#A78A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78A2E

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78A2E	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)

#998821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.113 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab6d',
    500: '#a78a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78a2e;
$custom-light: #c5ab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.62,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6435,
    "c": 0.11341,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.2659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78A2E

secondary

#7083C1

accent

#6CE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78A2E

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

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