#A78B34#A78B34

#A78B34 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.110 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78B34
RGB	rgb(167, 139, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 68.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, 0.81, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 48.71, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0018 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.11 91)
XYZ	xyz(25.7901, 26.9302, 7.0878)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78B34 #3450A7

analogous

#A75134 #A78B34 #89A734

triadic

#A78B34 #34A78B #8B34A7

tetradic

#A78B34 #34A751 #3450A7 #A73489

square

#A78B34 #34A751 #3450A7 #A73489

split-complementary

#A78B34 #3489A7 #5134A7

monochromatic

#4A3D17 #786425 #A78B34 #C8AB50 #D7C17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#A78B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#A78B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78B34

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78B34	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 139, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.110 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac70',
    500: '#a78b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78b34;
$custom-light: #c5ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.391,
    "s": 52.511,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64614,
    "c": 0.10973,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.26929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78B34

secondary

#7789C0

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78B34

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

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