#A78C25#A78C25

#A78C25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.120 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78C25
RGB	rgb(167, 140, 37)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 77.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -0.48, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 54.92, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% -0.0073 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.12 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6498, 27.1067, 5.6310)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78C25 #2540A7

analogous

#A74B25 #A78C25 #81A725

triadic

#A78C25 #25A78C #8C25A7

tetradic

#A78C25 #25A74B #2540A7 #A72581

square

#A78C25 #25A74B #2540A7 #A72581

split-complementary

#A78C25 #2581A7 #4B25A7

monochromatic

#43380F #75621A #A78C25 #D3B237 #DEC569

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A78C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A78C25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78C25

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78C25	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)

#9C8A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 140, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.120 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ad68',
    500: '#a78c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78c25;
$custom-light: #c5ad68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64709,
    "c": 0.12021,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78C25

secondary

#6478C4

accent

#63E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78C25

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

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