#A78E31#A78E31

#A78E31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.114 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E31
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 70.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -1.01, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 50.82, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0074 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.114 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1651, 27.7847, 6.8899)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E31 #314AA7

analogous

#A75331 #A78E31 #85A731

triadic

#A78E31 #31A78E #8E31A7

tetradic

#A78E31 #31A753 #314AA7 #A73185

square

#A78E31 #31A753 #314AA7 #A73185

split-complementary

#A78E31 #3185A7 #5331A7

monochromatic

#483E15 #786623 #A78E31 #CAAF4B #D8C47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A78E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#A78E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E31

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E31	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)

#9D8B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.114 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae6f',
    500: '#a78e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e31;
$custom-light: #c5ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.288,
    "s": 54.63,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65225,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E31

secondary

#7384C1

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E31

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

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