#A78D37#A78D37

#A78D37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.109 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78D37
RGB	rgb(167, 141, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -0.11, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 47.95, 90.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.0041 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.109 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1521, 27.5425, 7.5524)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78D37 #3751A7

analogous

#A75537 #A78D37 #89A737

triadic

#A78D37 #37A78D #8D37A7

tetradic

#A78D37 #37A755 #3751A7 #A73789

square

#A78D37 #37A755 #3751A7 #A73789

split-complementary

#A78D37 #3789A7 #5537A7

monochromatic

#4B3F19 #796628 #A78D37 #C7AC54 #D6C382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A78D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#A78D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78D37

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78D37	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)

#9C8B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 141, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.109 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ae72',
    500: '#a78d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78d37;
$custom-light: #c4ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.071,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65067,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78D37

secondary

#7A8AC0

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78D37

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

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