#A78C2B#A78C2B

#A78C2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.117 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78C2B
RGB	rgb(167, 140, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 74.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -0.21, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 52.69, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.0059 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.117 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7519, 27.1476, 6.1686)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78C2B #2B46A7

analogous

#A74E2B #A78C2B #84A72B

triadic

#A78C2B #2BA78C #8C2BA7

tetradic

#A78C2B #2BA74E #2B46A7 #A72B84

square

#A78C2B #2BA74E #2B46A7 #A72B84

split-complementary

#A78C2B #2B84A7 #4E2BA7

monochromatic

#463A12 #76631E #A78C2B #CEAF41 #DBC472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A78C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#A78C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78C2B

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78C2B	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 140, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.117 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ad6b',
    500: '#a78c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78c2b;
$custom-light: #c5ad6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64751,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78C2B

secondary

#6C7FC2

accent

#68E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78C2B

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

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