#A78B48#A78B48

#A78B48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.093 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78B48
RGB	rgb(167, 139, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 56.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, 2.22, 39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 39.38, 86.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.0048 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.093 87)
XYZ	xyz(26.3398, 27.1500, 9.9827)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78B48 #4864A7

analogous

#A75C48 #A78B48 #94A748

triadic

#A78B48 #48A78B #8B48A7

tetradic

#A78B48 #48A75C #4864A7 #A74894

square

#A78B48 #48A75C #4864A7 #A74894

split-complementary

#A78B48 #4894A7 #5C48A7

monochromatic

#514423 #7C6736 #A78B48 #C0A76C #D2C197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A78B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#A78B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78B48

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78B48	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0914A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 139, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.093 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ac7d',
    500: '#a78b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78b48;
$custom-light: #c4ac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.316,
    "s": 39.749,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6484,
    "c": 0.09257,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.27149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78B48

secondary

#8C9BBE

accent

#7BD058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78B48

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

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