#A78E29#A78E29

#A78E29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.119 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E29
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 41)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 75.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -1.40, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 53.99, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.0095 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.119 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0110, 27.7231, 6.0784)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E29 #2942A7

analogous

#A74F29 #A78E29 #81A729

triadic

#A78E29 #29A78E #8E29A7

tetradic

#A78E29 #29A74F #2942A7 #A72981

square

#A78E29 #29A74F #2942A7 #A72981

split-complementary

#A78E29 #2981A7 #4F29A7

monochromatic

#453A11 #76641D #A78E29 #D0B33E #DCC66F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A78E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#A78E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E29

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E29	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)

#9D8B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.119 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae6a',
    500: '#a78e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e29;
$custom-light: #c5ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.095,
    "s": 60.577,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65163,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E29

secondary

#697BC2

accent

#64E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E29

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

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