#A78E2E#A78E2E

#A78E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.116 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E2E
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -1.16, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 52.05, 91.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.0082 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.116 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1039, 27.7602, 6.5676)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E2E #2E47A7

analogous

#A7512E #A78E2E #84A72E

triadic

#A78E2E #2EA78E #8E2EA7

tetradic

#A78E2E #2EA751 #2E47A7 #A72E84

square

#A78E2E #2EA751 #2E47A7 #A72E84

split-complementary

#A78E2E #2E84A7 #512EA7

monochromatic

#473C14 #776521 #A78E2E #CCB046 #D9C576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A78E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#A78E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E2E

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E2E	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)

#9D8B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.116 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae6d',
    500: '#a78e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e2e;
$custom-light: #c5ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65201,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E2E

secondary

#7080C1

accent

#67E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E2E

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

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