#A78B45#A78B45

#A78B45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.095 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78B45
RGB	rgb(167, 139, 69)
HSL	hsl(43, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 58.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 1.98, 40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 40.85, 87.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.0037 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.095 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2443, 27.1118, 9.4798)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78B45 #4561A7

analogous

#A75A45 #A78B45 #92A745

triadic

#A78B45 #45A78B #8B45A7

tetradic

#A78B45 #45A75A #4561A7 #A74592

square

#A78B45 #45A75A #4561A7 #A74592

split-complementary

#A78B45 #4592A7 #5A45A7

monochromatic

#504321 #7C6733 #A78B45 #C1A868 #D3C194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A78B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A78B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78B45

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78B45	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 139, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.095 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ac7b',
    500: '#a78b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78b45;
$custom-light: #c4ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 41.525,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.648,
    "c": 0.09539,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78B45

secondary

#8999BE

accent

#7AD156

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78B45

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

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