#A78E33#A78E33

#A78E33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.112 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E33
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 69.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, -0.89, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 49.98, 91.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0069 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.112 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2082, 27.8019, 7.1172)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E33 #334CA7

analogous

#A75433 #A78E33 #86A733

triadic

#A78E33 #33A78E #8E33A7

tetradic

#A78E33 #33A754 #334CA7 #A73386

square

#A78E33 #33A754 #334CA7 #A73386

split-complementary

#A78E33 #3386A7 #5433A7

monochromatic

#493E16 #786625 #A78E33 #C9AF4E #D7C47D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A78E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#A78E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E33

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E33	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)

#9D8C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.112 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae70',
    500: '#a78e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e33;
$custom-light: #c5ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.069,
    "s": 53.211,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65243,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E33

secondary

#7686C0

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E33

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

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