#A78E37#A78E37

#A78E37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.109 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78E37
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -0.66, 48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 48.24, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0057 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.109 93)
XYZ	xyz(26.3002, 27.8388, 7.6018)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78E37 #3750A7

analogous

#A75637 #A78E37 #88A737

triadic

#A78E37 #37A78E #8E37A7

tetradic

#A78E37 #37A756 #3750A7 #A73788

square

#A78E37 #37A756 #3750A7 #A73788

split-complementary

#A78E37 #3788A7 #5637A7

monochromatic

#4B4019 #796728 #A78E37 #C7AD54 #D6C382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A78E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#A78E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78E37

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78E37	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.109 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ae72',
    500: '#a78e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78e37;
$custom-light: #c4ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.607,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6528,
    "c": 0.10939,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.27837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78E37

secondary

#7A8AC0

accent

#6DDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78E37

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

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