#A78B24#A78B24

#A78B24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.120 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78B24
RGB	rgb(167, 139, 36)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 0.03, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 55.03, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% -0.0059 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.12 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4889, 26.8096, 5.5010)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78B24 #2440A7

analogous

#A74A24 #A78B24 #81A724

triadic

#A78B24 #24A78B #8B24A7

tetradic

#A78B24 #24A74A #2440A7 #A72481

square

#A78B24 #24A74A #2440A7 #A72481

split-complementary

#A78B24 #2481A7 #4A24A7

monochromatic

#42370E #756119 #A78B24 #D3B235 #DEC567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A78B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A78B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78B24

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78B24	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)

#9B890F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 139, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.120 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac67',
    500: '#a78b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78b24;
$custom-light: #c5ac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6449,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78B24

secondary

#6378C4

accent

#64E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78B24

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

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