#A78D27#A78D27

#A78D27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.120 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78D27
RGB	rgb(167, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 76.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -0.94, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 54.46, 90.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% -0.0084 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.12 94)
XYZ	xyz(25.8289, 27.4132, 5.8499)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78D27 #2741A7

analogous

#A74D27 #A78D27 #81A727

triadic

#A78D27 #27A78D #8D27A7

tetradic

#A78D27 #27A74D #2741A7 #A72781

square

#A78D27 #27A74D #2741A7 #A72781

split-complementary

#A78D27 #2781A7 #4D27A7

monochromatic

#443910 #75631B #A78D27 #D1B23A #DDC66C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A78D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A78D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78D27

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78D27	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)

#9D8A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.120 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae69',
    500: '#a78d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78d27;
$custom-light: #c5ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64936,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.27412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78D27

secondary

#6779C3

accent

#64E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78D27

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

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