#A78D22#A78D22

#A78D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.122 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78D22
RGB	rgb(167, 141, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -1.15, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 56.21, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% -0.0095 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.122 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7514, 27.3822, 5.4420)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78D22 #223CA7

analogous

#A74B22 #A78D22 #7EA722

triadic

#A78D22 #22A78D #8D22A7

tetradic

#A78D22 #22A74B #223CA7 #A7227E

square

#A78D22 #22A74B #223CA7 #A7227E

split-complementary

#A78D22 #227EA7 #4B22A7

monochromatic

#41370D #746218 #A78D22 #D5B531 #DFC764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A78D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A78D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78D22

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78D22	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)

#9D8A08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 141, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.122 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ad67',
    500: '#a78d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78d22;
$custom-light: #c5ad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64904,
    "c": 0.12247,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78D22

secondary

#6074C5

accent

#60E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78D22

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

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