#A78B22#A78B22

#A78B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.121 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78B22
RGB	rgb(167, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -0.05, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 55.71, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0063 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.121 93)
XYZ	xyz(25.4592, 26.7978, 5.3446)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78B22 #223EA7

analogous

#A74822 #A78B22 #81A722

triadic

#A78B22 #22A78B #8B22A7

tetradic

#A78B22 #22A748 #223EA7 #A72281

square

#A78B22 #22A748 #223EA7 #A72281

split-complementary

#A78B22 #2281A7 #4822A7

monochromatic

#41360D #746118 #A78B22 #D5B331 #DFC564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A78B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A78B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78B22

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78B22	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)

#9B890A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.121 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac66',
    500: '#a78b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78b22;
$custom-light: #c5ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64478,
    "c": 0.12122,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.26796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78B22

secondary

#6075C5

accent

#63E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78B22

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

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