#A78E30#A78E30

#A78E30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.115 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E30
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 71.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -1.06, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 51.23, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0077 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.115 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1442, 27.7763, 6.7800)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E30 #3049A7

analogous

#A75330 #A78E30 #85A730

triadic

#A78E30 #30A78E #8E30A7

tetradic

#A78E30 #30A753 #3049A7 #A73085

square

#A78E30 #30A753 #3049A7 #A73085

split-complementary

#A78E30 #3085A7 #5330A7

monochromatic

#483D15 #776622 #A78E30 #CBB049 #D8C479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A78E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#A78E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E30

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E30	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.115 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae6e',
    500: '#a78e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e30;
$custom-light: #c5ae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.395,
    "s": 55.349,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65217,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E30

secondary

#7283C1

accent

#69DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E30

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

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