#A78B27#A78B27

#A78B27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.118 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78B27
RGB	rgb(167, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 76.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, 0.15, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 53.95, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.0053 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.118 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5366, 26.8287, 5.7525)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78B27 #2743A7

analogous

#A74B27 #A78B27 #83A727

triadic

#A78B27 #27A78B #8B27A7

tetradic

#A78B27 #27A74B #2743A7 #A72783

square

#A78B27 #27A74B #2743A7 #A72783

split-complementary

#A78B27 #2783A7 #4B27A7

monochromatic

#443810 #75621B #A78B27 #D1B03A #DDC46C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A78B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#A78B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78B27

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78B27	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.118 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac69',
    500: '#a78b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78b27;
$custom-light: #c5ac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6451,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78B27

secondary

#677BC3

accent

#66E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78B27

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

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