#A78E34#A78E34

#A78E34 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.112 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E34
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 68.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, -0.84, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 49.55, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.0066 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.112 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2305, 27.8109, 7.2346)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E34 #344DA7

analogous

#A75534 #A78E34 #86A734

triadic

#A78E34 #34A78E #8E34A7

tetradic

#A78E34 #34A755 #344DA7 #A73486

square

#A78E34 #34A755 #344DA7 #A73486

split-complementary

#A78E34 #3486A7 #5534A7

monochromatic

#4A3F17 #786625 #A78E34 #C8AE50 #D7C47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A78E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#A78E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E34

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E34	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)

#9D8C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.112 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ae70',
    500: '#a78e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e34;
$custom-light: #c4ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 52.511,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65252,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E34

secondary

#7787C0

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E34

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

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