#A78F1E#A78F1E

#A78F1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.126 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78F1E
RGB	rgb(167, 143, 30)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 82%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -2.38, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 58.01, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% -0.0133 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.126 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9946, 27.9556, 5.2548)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78F1E #1E36A7

analogous

#A74A1E #A78F1E #7AA71E

triadic

#A78F1E #1EA78F #8F1EA7

tetradic

#A78F1E #1EA74A #1E36A7 #A71E7A

square

#A78F1E #1EA74A #1E36A7 #A71E7A

split-complementary

#A78F1E #1E7AA7 #4A1EA7

monochromatic

#3F360B #736315 #A78F1E #D9BA2A #E2CB5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A78F1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#A78F1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78F1E

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78F1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78F1E	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78f1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 143, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.126 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5af65',
    500: '#a78f1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78f1e;
$custom-light: #c5af65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78f1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65311,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78F1E

secondary

#5B6DC6

accent

#5AEC3B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78F1E

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

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