#A78B1F#A78B1F

#A78B1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.123 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78B1F
RGB	rgb(167, 139, 31)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 81.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -0.16, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 56.70, 90.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.0069 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.123 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4178, 26.7812, 5.1266)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78B1F #1F3BA7

analogous

#A7471F #A78B1F #7FA71F

triadic

#A78B1F #1FA78B #8B1FA7

tetradic

#A78B1F #1FA747 #1F3BA7 #A71F7F

square

#A78B1F #1FA747 #1F3BA7 #A71F7F

split-complementary

#A78B1F #1F7FA7 #471FA7

monochromatic

#40350C #736015 #A78B1F #D8B42B #E1C75F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A78B1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A78B1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78B1F

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78B1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78B1F	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)

#9B8902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78b1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 139, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.123 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac65',
    500: '#a78b1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78b1f;
$custom-light: #c5ac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78b1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 68.687,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64461,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78B1F

secondary

#5C72C6

accent

#60EC3C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78B1F

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

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