#A78C24#A78C24

#A78C24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.121 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78C24
RGB	rgb(167, 140, 36)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -0.52, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 55.28, 90.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0075 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.121 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6343, 27.1006, 5.5495)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78C24 #243FA7

analogous

#A74B24 #A78C24 #80A724

triadic

#A78C24 #24A78C #8C24A7

tetradic

#A78C24 #24A74B #243FA7 #A72480

square

#A78C24 #24A74B #243FA7 #A72480

split-complementary

#A78C24 #2480A7 #4B24A7

monochromatic

#42380E #756219 #A78C24 #D3B335 #DEC667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A78C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A78C24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78C24

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78C24	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)

#9C8A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 140, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.121 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ad68',
    500: '#a78c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78c24;
$custom-light: #c5ad68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64703,
    "c": 0.12076,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78C24

secondary

#6377C4

accent

#63E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78C24

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

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