#A78D25#A78D25

#A78D25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.121 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78D25
RGB	rgb(167, 141, 37)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 77.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, -1.03, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 55.18, 91.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.0088 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.121 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7966, 27.4003, 5.6799)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78D25 #253FA7

analogous

#A74C25 #A78D25 #80A725

triadic

#A78D25 #25A78D #8D25A7

tetradic

#A78D25 #25A74C #253FA7 #A72580

square

#A78D25 #25A74C #253FA7 #A72580

split-complementary

#A78D25 #2580A7 #4C25A7

monochromatic

#43380F #75631A #A78D25 #D3B337 #DEC669

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A78D25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A78D25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78D25

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78D25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78D25	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)

#9D8A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78d25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 141, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.121 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae68',
    500: '#a78d25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78d25;
$custom-light: #c5ae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78d25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64922,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78D25

secondary

#6477C4

accent

#62E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78D25

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

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