#A78D24#A78D24

#A78D24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.121 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78D24
RGB	rgb(167, 141, 36)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, -1.07, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 55.53, 91.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.0091 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.121 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7811, 27.3941, 5.5984)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78D24 #243EA7

analogous

#A74C24 #A78D24 #7FA724

triadic

#A78D24 #24A78D #8D24A7

tetradic

#A78D24 #24A74C #243EA7 #A7247F

square

#A78D24 #24A74C #243EA7 #A7247F

split-complementary

#A78D24 #247FA7 #4C24A7

monochromatic

#42380E #756219 #A78D24 #D3B435 #DEC767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A78D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A78D24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78D24

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78D24	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)

#9D8A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 141, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.121 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae68',
    500: '#a78d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78d24;
$custom-light: #c5ae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64916,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78D24

secondary

#6376C4

accent

#61E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78D24

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

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