#A78E22#A78E22

#A78E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.123 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E22
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, -1.69, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 56.47, 91.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.011 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.123 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8995, 27.6785, 5.4914)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E22 #223BA7

analogous

#A74C22 #A78E22 #7EA722

triadic

#A78E22 #22A78E #8E22A7

tetradic

#A78E22 #22A74C #223BA7 #A7227E

square

#A78E22 #22A74C #223BA7 #A7227E

split-complementary

#A78E22 #227EA7 #4C22A7

monochromatic

#41380D #746318 #A78E22 #D5B631 #DFC864

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A78E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#A78E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E22

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E22	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.123 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae67',
    500: '#a78e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e22;
$custom-light: #c5ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65118,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E22

secondary

#6073C5

accent

#5FE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E22

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

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