#A78B1E#A78B1E

#A78B1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.123 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78B1E
RGB	rgb(167, 139, 30)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 82%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -0.19, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 57.01, 90.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.0071 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.123 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4048, 26.7760, 5.0582)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78B1E #1E3AA7

analogous

#A7461E #A78B1E #7EA71E

triadic

#A78B1E #1EA78B #8B1EA7

tetradic

#A78B1E #1EA746 #1E3AA7 #A71E7E

square

#A78B1E #1EA746 #1E3AA7 #A71E7E

split-complementary

#A78B1E #1E7EA7 #461EA7

monochromatic

#3F350B #736015 #A78B1E #D9B52A #E2C75D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A78B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#A78B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78B1E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78B1E	1.00	3.30	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 139, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.123 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac65',
    500: '#a78b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78b1e;
$custom-light: #c5ac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64455,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78B1E

secondary

#5B71C6

accent

#60EC3B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78B1E

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

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