#A78B2B#A78B2B

#A78B2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.116 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78B2B
RGB	rgb(167, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 74.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, 0.34, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 52.43, 89.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0043 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.116 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6064, 26.8567, 6.1202)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78B2B #2B47A7

analogous

#A74D2B #A78B2B #85A72B

triadic

#A78B2B #2BA78B #8B2BA7

tetradic

#A78B2B #2BA74D #2B47A7 #A72B85

square

#A78B2B #2BA74D #2B47A7 #A72B85

split-complementary

#A78B2B #2B85A7 #4D2BA7

monochromatic

#463A12 #76621E #A78B2B #CEAE41 #DBC372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A78B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#A78B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78B2B

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78B2B	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)

#9B891C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.116 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac6b',
    500: '#a78b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78b2b;
$custom-light: #c5ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64538,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78B2B

secondary

#6C7FC2

accent

#69E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78B2B

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

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