#A78D2E#A78D2E

#A78D2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.115 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78D2E
RGB	rgb(167, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, -0.62, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 51.77, 90.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0067 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.115 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9557, 27.4640, 6.5182)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78D2E #2E48A7

analogous

#A7502E #A78D2E #85A72E

triadic

#A78D2E #2EA78D #8D2EA7

tetradic

#A78D2E #2EA750 #2E48A7 #A72E85

square

#A78D2E #2EA750 #2E48A7 #A72E85

split-complementary

#A78D2E #2E85A7 #502EA7

monochromatic

#473C14 #776421 #A78D2E #CCAF46 #D9C476

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A78D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#A78D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78D2E

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78D2E	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#9C8B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.115 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae6d',
    500: '#a78d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78d2e;
$custom-light: #c5ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.107,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64987,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78D2E

secondary

#7081C1

accent

#68E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78D2E

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

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