#A78D1E#A78D1E

#A78D1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.124 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78D1E
RGB	rgb(167, 141, 30)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 82%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -1.29, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 57.50, 91.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0102 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.124 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6970, 27.3605, 5.1556)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78D1E #1E38A7

analogous

#A7481E #A78D1E #7CA71E

triadic

#A78D1E #1EA78D #8D1EA7

tetradic

#A78D1E #1EA748 #1E38A7 #A71E7C

square

#A78D1E #1EA748 #1E38A7 #A71E7C

split-complementary

#A78D1E #1E7CA7 #481EA7

monochromatic

#3F350B #736115 #A78D1E #D9B72A #E2C95D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A78D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#A78D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78D1E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78D1E	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 141, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.124 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ad65',
    500: '#a78d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78d1e;
$custom-light: #c5ad65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64882,
    "c": 0.12444,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78D1E

secondary

#5B6FC6

accent

#5DEC3B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78D1E

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

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