#A78D5E#A78D5E

#A78D5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.071 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78D5E
RGB	rgb(167, 141, 94)
HSL	hsl(39, 29%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 44%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 43.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, 3.23, 28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 28.87, 83.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0102 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.071 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4824, 28.0747, 14.5588)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78D5E #5E78A7

analogous

#A7685E #A78D5E #9CA75E

triadic

#A78D5E #5EA78D #8D5EA7

tetradic

#A78D5E #5EA768 #5E78A7 #A75E9C

square

#A78D5E #5EA768 #5E78A7 #A75E9C

split-complementary

#A78D5E #5E9CA7 #685EA7

monochromatic

#5A4B31 #816C47 #A78D5E #BDA986 #D2C5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A78D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#A78D5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78D5E

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78D5E	1.00	3.17	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998D5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F935F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 141, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.071 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae8c',
    500: '#a78d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78d5e;
$custom-light: #c2ae8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.63,
    "s": 29.317,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65604,
    "c": 0.07108,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78D5E

secondary

#A0ACC1

accent

#86C662

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78D5E

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

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