#A78E2F#A78E2F

#A78E2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.115 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E2F
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 71.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, -1.11, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 51.64, 91.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% -0.008 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.115 94)
XYZ	xyz(26.1238, 27.7682, 6.6726)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E2F #2F48A7

analogous

#A7522F #A78E2F #84A72F

triadic

#A78E2F #2FA78E #8E2FA7

tetradic

#A78E2F #2FA752 #2F48A7 #A72F84

square

#A78E2F #2FA752 #2F48A7 #A72F84

split-complementary

#A78E2F #2F84A7 #522FA7

monochromatic

#473D14 #776522 #A78E2F #CBB048 #D9C578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A78E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#A78E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E2F

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E2F	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#9D8B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.115 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae6d',
    500: '#a78e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e2f;
$custom-light: #c5ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 56.075,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65209,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.27767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E2F

secondary

#7182C1

accent

#68DF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E2F

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

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