#A78C2F#A78C2F

#A78C2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.114 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78C2F
RGB	rgb(167, 140, 47)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 71.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -0.01, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 51.09, 90.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% -0.0048 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.114 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8289, 27.1784, 6.5743)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78C2F #2F4AA7

analogous

#A7502F #A78C2F #86A72F

triadic

#A78C2F #2FA78C #8C2FA7

tetradic

#A78C2F #2FA750 #2F4AA7 #A72F86

square

#A78C2F #2FA750 #2F4AA7 #A72F86

split-complementary

#A78C2F #2F86A7 #502FA7

monochromatic

#473C14 #776422 #A78C2F #CBAE48 #D9C378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A78C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A78C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78C2F

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78C2F	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 140, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.114 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ad6d',
    500: '#a78c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78c2f;
$custom-light: #c5ad6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 56.075,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64782,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78C2F

secondary

#7183C1

accent

#6ADF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78C2F

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

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