#A78E2B#A78E2B

#A78E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.118 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E2B
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 74.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -1.31, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 53.23, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% -0.009 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.118 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0468, 27.7374, 6.2669)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E2B #2B44A7

analogous

#A7502B #A78E2B #82A72B

triadic

#A78E2B #2BA78E #8E2BA7

tetradic

#A78E2B #2BA750 #2B44A7 #A72B82

square

#A78E2B #2BA750 #2B44A7 #A72B82

split-complementary

#A78E2B #2B82A7 #502BA7

monochromatic

#463B12 #76651E #A78E2B #CEB241 #DBC572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A78E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#A78E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E2B

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E2B	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.118 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae6b',
    500: '#a78e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e2b;
$custom-light: #c5ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.903,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65178,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E2B

secondary

#6C7DC2

accent

#65E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E2B

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

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