#A78B25#A78B25

#A78B25 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.120 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78B25
RGB	rgb(167, 139, 37)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 77.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 0.07, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 54.67, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% -0.0057 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.12 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5043, 26.8158, 5.5825)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78B25 #2541A7

analogous

#A74A25 #A78B25 #82A725

triadic

#A78B25 #25A78B #8B25A7

tetradic

#A78B25 #25A74A #2541A7 #A72582

square

#A78B25 #25A74A #2541A7 #A72582

split-complementary

#A78B25 #2582A7 #4A25A7

monochromatic

#43380F #75611A #A78B25 #D3B137 #DEC469

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A78B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A78B25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78B25

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78B25	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)

#9B8911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 139, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.120 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac68',
    500: '#a78b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78b25;
$custom-light: #c5ac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64496,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78B25

secondary

#6479C4

accent

#65E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78B25

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

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