#A78D4E#A78D4E

#A78D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.088 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78D4E
RGB	rgb(167, 141, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 53.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 1.63, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 36.99, 87.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.0038 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.088 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8374, 27.8167, 11.1618)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78D4E #4E68A7

analogous

#A7604E #A78D4E #94A74E

triadic

#A78D4E #4EA78D #8D4EA7

tetradic

#A78D4E #4EA760 #4E68A7 #A74E94

square

#A78D4E #4EA760 #4E68A7 #A74E94

split-complementary

#A78D4E #4E94A7 #604EA7

monochromatic

#544727 #7D6A3B #A78D4E #BEA874 #D2C29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A78D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#A78D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78D4E

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78D4E	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 141, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.088 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae81',
    500: '#a78d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78d4e;
$custom-light: #c3ae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.472,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65344,
    "c": 0.08793,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78D4E

secondary

#929FBE

accent

#7CCC5B

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78D4E

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

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