#A78C2D#A78C2D

#A78C2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.115 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78C2D
RGB	rgb(167, 140, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 73.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, -0.12, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 51.90, 90.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0054 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.115 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7895, 27.1626, 6.3667)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78C2D #2D48A7

analogous

#A74F2D #A78C2D #85A72D

triadic

#A78C2D #2DA78C #8C2DA7

tetradic

#A78C2D #2DA74F #2D48A7 #A72D85

square

#A78C2D #2DA74F #2D48A7 #A72D85

split-complementary

#A78C2D #2D85A7 #4F2DA7

monochromatic

#473B13 #776420 #A78C2D #CDAF44 #DAC375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A78C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#A78C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78C2D

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78C2D	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#9B8A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 140, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.115 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ad6c',
    500: '#a78c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78c2d;
$custom-light: #c5ad6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.721,
    "s": 57.547,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64766,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78C2D

secondary

#6E81C1

accent

#69E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78C2D

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

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