#A78F20#A78F20

#A78F20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.125 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78F20
RGB	rgb(167, 143, 32)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 80.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -2.31, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 57.38, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.013 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.125 96)
XYZ	xyz(26.0210, 27.9662, 5.3937)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78F20 #2038A7

analogous

#A74C20 #A78F20 #7CA720

triadic

#A78F20 #20A78F #8F20A7

tetradic

#A78F20 #20A74C #2038A7 #A7207C

square

#A78F20 #20A74C #2038A7 #A7207C

split-complementary

#A78F20 #207CA7 #4C20A7

monochromatic

#40370C #746316 #A78F20 #D7B92D #E1CA61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A78F20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#A78F20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78F20

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78F20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78F20	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)

#9F8C02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78f20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 143, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.125 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5af66',
    500: '#a78f20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78f20;
$custom-light: #c5af66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78f20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 67.839,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65321,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.27965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78F20

secondary

#5D70C5

accent

#5CEB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78F20

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

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