#A78C26#A78C26

#A78C26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.120 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78C26
RGB	rgb(167, 140, 38)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 77.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -0.44, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 54.57, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% -0.007 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.12 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6657, 27.1131, 5.7149)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78C26 #2641A7

analogous

#A74C26 #A78C26 #81A726

triadic

#A78C26 #26A78C #8C26A7

tetradic

#A78C26 #26A74C #2641A7 #A72681

square

#A78C26 #26A74C #2641A7 #A72681

split-complementary

#A78C26 #2681A7 #4C26A7

monochromatic

#43380F #75621B #A78C26 #D2B238 #DDC56A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A78C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A78C26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78C26

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78C26	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)

#9C8A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 140, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.120 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ad68',
    500: '#a78c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78c26;
$custom-light: #c5ad68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64716,
    "c": 0.11965,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78C26

secondary

#6579C3

accent

#64E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78C26

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

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