#A78E21#A78E21

#A78E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.124 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E21
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 33)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -1.73, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 56.80, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.0112 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.124 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8853, 27.6728, 5.4165)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E21 #213AA7

analogous

#A74B21 #A78E21 #7DA721

triadic

#A78E21 #21A78E #8E21A7

tetradic

#A78E21 #21A74B #213AA7 #A7217D

square

#A78E21 #21A74B #213AA7 #A7217D

split-complementary

#A78E21 #217DA7 #4B21A7

monochromatic

#41370D #746317 #A78E21 #D6B72F #E0C962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A78E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#A78E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E21

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E21	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)

#9E8B05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.124 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae66',
    500: '#a78e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e21;
$custom-light: #c5ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65112,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E21

secondary

#5F72C5

accent

#5EEA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E21

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

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