#A78E2D#A78E2D

#A78E2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.117 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E2D
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 73.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, -1.21, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 52.45, 91.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% -0.0085 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.117 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0844, 27.7524, 6.4650)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E2D #2D46A7

analogous

#A7512D #A78E2D #83A72D

triadic

#A78E2D #2DA78E #8E2DA7

tetradic

#A78E2D #2DA751 #2D46A7 #A72D83

square

#A78E2D #2DA751 #2D46A7 #A72D83

split-complementary

#A78E2D #2D83A7 #512DA7

monochromatic

#473C13 #776520 #A78E2D #CDB144 #DAC575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A78E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#A78E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E2D

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E2D	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)

#9D8B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.117 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae6c',
    500: '#a78e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e2d;
$custom-light: #c5ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 57.547,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65193,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E2D

secondary

#6E7FC1

accent

#67E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E2D

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

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