#A78E1E#A78E1E

#A78E1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.125 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E1E
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 30)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 82%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -1.84, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 57.75, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.0118 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.125 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8451, 27.6567, 5.2050)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E1E #1E37A7

analogous

#A7491E #A78E1E #7BA71E

triadic

#A78E1E #1EA78E #8E1EA7

tetradic

#A78E1E #1EA749 #1E37A7 #A71E7B

square

#A78E1E #1EA749 #1E37A7 #A71E7B

split-complementary

#A78E1E #1E7BA7 #491EA7

monochromatic

#3F360B #736215 #A78E1E #D9B92A #E2CA5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A78E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#A78E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E1E

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E1E	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.125 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae65',
    500: '#a78e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e1e;
$custom-light: #c5ae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65096,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E1E

secondary

#5B6EC6

accent

#5CEC3B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E1E

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

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