#A78C21#A78C21

#A78C21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.122 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78C21
RGB	rgb(167, 140, 33)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -0.63, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 56.29, 90.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0081 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.122 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5904, 27.0830, 5.3182)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78C21 #213CA7

analogous

#A74921 #A78C21 #7FA721

triadic

#A78C21 #21A78C #8C21A7

tetradic

#A78C21 #21A749 #213CA7 #A7217F

square

#A78C21 #21A749 #213CA7 #A7217F

split-complementary

#A78C21 #217FA7 #4921A7

monochromatic

#41360D #746117 #A78C21 #D6B42F #E0C762

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A78C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A78C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78C21

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78C21	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)

#9C8906

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 140, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.122 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ad66',
    500: '#a78c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78c21;
$custom-light: #c5ad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64685,
    "c": 0.12235,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78C21

secondary

#5F73C5

accent

#61EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78C21

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

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