#A78D2A#A78D2A

#A78D2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.118 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78D2A
RGB	rgb(167, 141, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 74.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -0.81, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 53.34, 90.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.0077 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.118 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8805, 27.4339, 6.1221)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78D2A #2A44A7

analogous

#A74E2A #A78D2A #82A72A

triadic

#A78D2A #2AA78D #8D2AA7

tetradic

#A78D2A #2AA74E #2A44A7 #A72A82

square

#A78D2A #2AA74E #2A44A7 #A72A82

split-complementary

#A78D2A #2A82A7 #4E2AA7

monochromatic

#453A11 #76641E #A78D2A #CFB13F #DBC570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A78D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#A78D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78D2A

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78D2A	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 141, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.118 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae6b',
    500: '#a78d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78d2a;
$custom-light: #c5ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.52,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64957,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78D2A

secondary

#6B7DC2

accent

#66E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78D2A

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

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