#A78D36#A78D36

#A78D36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.109 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78D36
RGB	rgb(167, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 67.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -0.17, 48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 48.39, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% -0.0044 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.109 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1284, 27.5330, 7.4275)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78D36 #3650A7

analogous

#A75536 #A78D36 #88A736

triadic

#A78D36 #36A78D #8D36A7

tetradic

#A78D36 #36A755 #3650A7 #A73688

square

#A78D36 #36A755 #3650A7 #A73688

split-complementary

#A78D36 #3688A7 #5536A7

monochromatic

#4B3F18 #796627 #A78D36 #C7AD53 #D6C381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A78D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#A78D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78D36

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78D36	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.109 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ae71',
    500: '#a78d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78d36;
$custom-light: #c4ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.195,
    "s": 51.131,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65057,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78D36

secondary

#7989C0

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78D36

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

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