#A78D2D#A78D2D

#A78D2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.116 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78D2D
RGB	rgb(167, 141, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 73.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -0.67, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 52.17, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0069 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.116 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9363, 27.4562, 6.4156)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78D2D #2D47A7

analogous

#A7502D #A78D2D #84A72D

triadic

#A78D2D #2DA78D #8D2DA7

tetradic

#A78D2D #2DA750 #2D47A7 #A72D84

square

#A78D2D #2DA750 #2D47A7 #A72D84

split-complementary

#A78D2D #2D84A7 #502DA7

monochromatic

#473C13 #776420 #A78D2D #CDB044 #DAC475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A78D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#A78D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78D2D

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78D2D	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)

#9C8B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 141, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.116 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae6c',
    500: '#a78d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78d2d;
$custom-light: #c5ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 57.547,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64979,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78D2D

secondary

#6E80C1

accent

#68E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78D2D

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

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