#A78B26#A78B26

#A78B26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.119 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78B26
RGB	rgb(167, 139, 38)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 77.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, 0.11, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 54.31, 89.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% -0.0055 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.119 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5203, 26.8222, 5.6664)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78B26 #2642A7

analogous

#A74B26 #A78B26 #82A726

triadic

#A78B26 #26A78B #8B26A7

tetradic

#A78B26 #26A74B #2642A7 #A72682

square

#A78B26 #26A74B #2642A7 #A72682

split-complementary

#A78B26 #2682A7 #4B26A7

monochromatic

#43380F #75621B #A78B26 #D2B138 #DDC46A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A78B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A78B26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78B26

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78B26	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)

#9B8913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 139, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.119 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac68',
    500: '#a78b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78b26;
$custom-light: #c5ac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.977,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64503,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78B26

secondary

#657AC3

accent

#65E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78B26

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

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