#A78E28#A78E28

#A78E28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.120 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E28
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 76%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, -1.45, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 54.36, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.0097 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.12 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9938, 27.7162, 5.9877)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E28 #2841A7

analogous

#A74E28 #A78E28 #80A728

triadic

#A78E28 #28A78E #8E28A7

tetradic

#A78E28 #28A74E #2841A7 #A72880

square

#A78E28 #28A74E #2841A7 #A72880

split-complementary

#A78E28 #2880A7 #4E28A7

monochromatic

#443A10 #76641C #A78E28 #D0B33C #DCC66D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A78E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#A78E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E28

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E28	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)

#9D8B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.120 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae6a',
    500: '#a78e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e28;
$custom-light: #c5ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 61.353,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65156,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E28

secondary

#687AC3

accent

#63E443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E28

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

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