#A78E20#A78E20

#A78E20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.124 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E20
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 32)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 80.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -1.77, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 57.12, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.0114 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.124 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8715, 27.6673, 5.3438)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E20 #2039A7

analogous

#A74B20 #A78E20 #7DA720

triadic

#A78E20 #20A78E #8E20A7

tetradic

#A78E20 #20A74B #2039A7 #A7207D

square

#A78E20 #20A74B #2039A7 #A7207D

split-complementary

#A78E20 #207DA7 #4B20A7

monochromatic

#40370C #746216 #A78E20 #D7B72D #E1C961

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A78E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#A78E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E20

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E20	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)

#9E8B02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.124 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae66',
    500: '#a78e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e20;
$custom-light: #c5ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 67.839,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65107,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E20

secondary

#5D71C5

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E20

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

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