#A78B49#A78B49

#A78B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.092 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78B49
RGB	rgb(167, 139, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 56.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 2.30, 38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 38.89, 86.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.0052 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.092 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3727, 27.1632, 10.1559)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78B49 #4965A7

analogous

#A75C49 #A78B49 #94A749

triadic

#A78B49 #49A78B #8B49A7

tetradic

#A78B49 #49A75C #4965A7 #A74994

square

#A78B49 #49A75C #4965A7 #A74994

split-complementary

#A78B49 #4994A7 #5C49A7

monochromatic

#524424 #7C6836 #A78B49 #BFA76E #D2C198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A78B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#A78B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78B49

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78B49	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#998A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 139, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.092 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ac7d',
    500: '#a78b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78b49;
$custom-light: #c3ac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 39.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64853,
    "c": 0.09161,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78B49

secondary

#8D9CBE

accent

#7CCF59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78B49

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

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