#A78E26#A78E26

#A78E26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.121 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E26
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 38)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 77.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -1.53, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 55.09, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0102 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.121 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9606, 27.7029, 5.8131)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E26 #263FA7

analogous

#A74D26 #A78E26 #80A726

triadic

#A78E26 #26A78E #8E26A7

tetradic

#A78E26 #26A74D #263FA7 #A72680

square

#A78E26 #26A74D #263FA7 #A72680

split-complementary

#A78E26 #2680A7 #4D26A7

monochromatic

#43390F #75641B #A78E26 #D2B438 #DDC76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A78E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#A78E26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E26

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E26	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)

#9E8B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.121 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae69',
    500: '#a78e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e26;
$custom-light: #c5ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.372,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65143,
    "c": 0.12095,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E26

secondary

#6578C3

accent

#62E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E26

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

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