#A78E27#A78E27

#A78E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.120 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E27
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 76.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, -1.49, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 54.73, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% -0.0099 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.12 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9770, 27.7094, 5.8993)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E27 #2740A7

analogous

#A74E27 #A78E27 #80A727

triadic

#A78E27 #27A78E #8E27A7

tetradic

#A78E27 #27A74E #2740A7 #A72780

square

#A78E27 #27A74E #2740A7 #A72780

split-complementary

#A78E27 #2780A7 #4E27A7

monochromatic

#443A10 #75641B #A78E27 #D1B43A #DDC76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A78E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#A78E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E27

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E27	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)

#9D8B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.120 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae69',
    500: '#a78e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e27;
$custom-light: #c5ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65149,
    "c": 0.12036,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E27

secondary

#6779C3

accent

#62E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E27

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

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