#A78A45#A78A45

#A78A45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.095 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78A45
RGB	rgb(167, 138, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 58.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, 2.53, 40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 40.57, 86.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.0053 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.095 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1002, 26.8236, 9.4318)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78A45 #4562A7

analogous

#A75945 #A78A45 #93A745

triadic

#A78A45 #45A78A #8A45A7

tetradic

#A78A45 #45A759 #4562A7 #A74593

square

#A78A45 #45A759 #4562A7 #A74593

split-complementary

#A78A45 #4593A7 #5945A7

monochromatic

#504221 #7C6633 #A78A45 #C1A768 #D3C094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A78A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A78A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78A45

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78A45	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98893E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 138, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.095 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ab7b',
    500: '#a78a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78a45;
$custom-light: #c4ab7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.245,
    "s": 41.525,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6459,
    "c": 0.09479,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78A45

secondary

#8999BE

accent

#7BD156

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78A45

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

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