#A78C35#A78C35

#A78C35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.110 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78C35
RGB	rgb(167, 140, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 68.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 0.32, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 48.55, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% -0.0031 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.11 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9584, 27.2302, 7.2561)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78C35 #3550A7

analogous

#A75335 #A78C35 #89A735

triadic

#A78C35 #35A78C #8C35A7

tetradic

#A78C35 #35A753 #3550A7 #A73589

square

#A78C35 #35A753 #3550A7 #A73589

split-complementary

#A78C35 #3589A7 #5335A7

monochromatic

#4A3E18 #796526 #A78C35 #C8AC51 #D7C280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A78C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#A78C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78C35

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78C35	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 140, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.110 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ad71',
    500: '#a78c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78c35;
$custom-light: #c4ad71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 51.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64835,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78C35

secondary

#7889C0

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78C35

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

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