#A78E1F#A78E1F

#A78E1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.125 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E1F
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 31)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 81.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -1.80, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 57.44, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.0116 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.125 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8581, 27.6619, 5.2734)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E1F #1F38A7

analogous

#A74A1F #A78E1F #7CA71F

triadic

#A78E1F #1FA78E #8E1FA7

tetradic

#A78E1F #1FA74A #1F38A7 #A71F7C

square

#A78E1F #1FA74A #1F38A7 #A71F7C

split-complementary

#A78E1F #1F7CA7 #4A1FA7

monochromatic

#40360C #736215 #A78E1F #D8B82B #E1C95F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A78E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#A78E1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E1F

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E1F	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#A49327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.125 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae65',
    500: '#a78e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e1f;
$custom-light: #c5ae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 68.687,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65101,
    "c": 0.12462,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E1F

secondary

#5C6FC6

accent

#5CEC3C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E1F

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

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