#A78E32#A78E32

#A78E32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.113 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E32
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 50)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 70.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -0.95, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 50.40, 91.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% -0.0071 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.113 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1864, 27.7932, 7.0023)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E32 #324BA7

analogous

#A75332 #A78E32 #86A732

triadic

#A78E32 #32A78E #8E32A7

tetradic

#A78E32 #32A753 #324BA7 #A73286

square

#A78E32 #32A753 #324BA7 #A73286

split-complementary

#A78E32 #3286A7 #5332A7

monochromatic

#493E16 #786624 #A78E32 #CAAF4D #D8C47C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A78E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#A78E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E32

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E32	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)

#9D8B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.113 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae6f',
    500: '#a78e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e32;
$custom-light: #c5ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.179,
    "s": 53.917,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65234,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E32

secondary

#7485C0

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E32

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

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