#A78D2B#A78D2B

#A78D2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.117 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78D2B
RGB	rgb(167, 141, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 74.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -0.76, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 52.96, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.0074 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.117 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8987, 27.4411, 6.2176)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78D2B #2B45A7

analogous

#A74F2B #A78D2B #83A72B

triadic

#A78D2B #2BA78D #8D2BA7

tetradic

#A78D2B #2BA74F #2B45A7 #A72B83

square

#A78D2B #2BA74F #2B45A7 #A72B83

split-complementary

#A78D2B #2B83A7 #4F2BA7

monochromatic

#463B12 #76641E #A78D2B #CEB141 #DBC572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A78D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#A78D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78D2B

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78D2B	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)

#9C8A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 141, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.117 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae6b',
    500: '#a78d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78d2b;
$custom-light: #c5ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64964,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78D2B

secondary

#6C7EC2

accent

#66E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78D2B

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

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