#A78B2D#A78B2D

#A78B2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.115 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78B2D
RGB	rgb(167, 139, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 73.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, 0.43, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 51.63, 89.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0038 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.115 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6440, 26.8717, 6.3182)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78B2D #2D49A7

analogous

#A74E2D #A78B2D #86A72D

triadic

#A78B2D #2DA78B #8B2DA7

tetradic

#A78B2D #2DA74E #2D49A7 #A72D86

square

#A78B2D #2DA74E #2D49A7 #A72D86

split-complementary

#A78B2D #2D86A7 #4E2DA7

monochromatic

#473B13 #776320 #A78B2D #CDAD44 #DAC375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#A78B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#A78B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78B2D

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78B2D	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	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)

#9A891F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 139, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.115 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac6c',
    500: '#a78b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78b2d;
$custom-light: #c5ac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 57.547,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64554,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78B2D

secondary

#6E81C1

accent

#6AE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78B2D

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

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