#A78E35#A78E35

#A78E35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.111 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E35
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 68.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, -0.78, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 49.12, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0063 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.111 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2533, 27.8200, 7.3544)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E35 #354EA7

analogous

#A75535 #A78E35 #87A735

triadic

#A78E35 #35A78E #8E35A7

tetradic

#A78E35 #35A755 #354EA7 #A73587

square

#A78E35 #35A755 #354EA7 #A73587

split-complementary

#A78E35 #3587A7 #5535A7

monochromatic

#4A3F18 #796626 #A78E35 #C8AE51 #D7C480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A78E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#A78E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E35

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E35	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)

#9D8C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.111 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ae71',
    500: '#a78e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e35;
$custom-light: #c4ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.842,
    "s": 51.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65261,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E35

secondary

#7888C0

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E35

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

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