#A78E23#A78E23

#A78E23 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	#A78E23
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, -1.66, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 56.14, 91.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0108 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.123 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9142, 27.6843, 5.5684)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E23 #233CA7

analogous

#A74C23 #A78E23 #7EA723

triadic

#A78E23 #23A78E #8E23A7

tetradic

#A78E23 #23A74C #233CA7 #A7237E

square

#A78E23 #23A74C #233CA7 #A7237E

split-complementary

#A78E23 #237EA7 #4C23A7

monochromatic

#42380E #746318 #A78E23 #D4B633 #DFC866

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A78E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#A78E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E23

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E23	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)

#9E8B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.123 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae67',
    500: '#a78e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e23;
$custom-light: #c5ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65124,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E23

secondary

#6174C4

accent

#5FE83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E23

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

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