#A78D21#A78D21

#A78D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.123 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78D21
RGB	rgb(167, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -1.18, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 56.55, 91.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% -0.0097 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.123 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7372, 27.3766, 5.3671)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78D21 #213BA7

analogous

#A74A21 #A78D21 #7EA721

triadic

#A78D21 #21A78D #8D21A7

tetradic

#A78D21 #21A74A #213BA7 #A7217E

square

#A78D21 #21A74A #213BA7 #A7217E

split-complementary

#A78D21 #217EA7 #4A21A7

monochromatic

#41370D #746217 #A78D21 #D6B62F #E0C862

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A78D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A78D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78D21

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78D21	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.123 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ad66',
    500: '#a78d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78d21;
$custom-light: #c5ad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64898,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78D21

secondary

#5F73C5

accent

#5FEA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78D21

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

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