#A78C1E#A78C1E

#A78C1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.124 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78C1E
RGB	rgb(167, 140, 30)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 82%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -0.74, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 57.25, 90.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% -0.0087 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.124 94)
XYZ	xyz(25.5502, 27.0669, 5.1067)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78C1E #1E39A7

analogous

#A7471E #A78C1E #7DA71E

triadic

#A78C1E #1EA78C #8C1EA7

tetradic

#A78C1E #1EA747 #1E39A7 #A71E7D

square

#A78C1E #1EA747 #1E39A7 #A71E7D

split-complementary

#A78C1E #1E7DA7 #471EA7

monochromatic

#3F350B #736115 #A78C1E #D9B62A #E2C85D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A78C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#A78C1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78C1E

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78C1E	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 140, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.124 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ad65',
    500: '#a78c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78c1e;
$custom-light: #c5ad65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64668,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.27065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78C1E

secondary

#5B70C6

accent

#5EEC3B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78C1E

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

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