#A78A33#A78A33

#A78A33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.110 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78A33
RGB	rgb(167, 138, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 69.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, 1.31, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 48.87, 88.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0005 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.11 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6237, 26.6330, 6.9224)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78A33 #3350A7

analogous

#A75033 #A78A33 #8AA733

triadic

#A78A33 #33A78A #8A33A7

tetradic

#A78A33 #33A750 #3350A7 #A7338A

square

#A78A33 #33A750 #3350A7 #A7338A

split-complementary

#A78A33 #338AA7 #5033A7

monochromatic

#493D16 #786325 #A78A33 #C9AA4E #D7C17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#A78A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#A78A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78A33

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78A33	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 138, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.110 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab6f',
    500: '#a78a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78a33;
$custom-light: #c5ab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 53.211,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64393,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78A33

secondary

#7688C0

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78A33

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

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