#A78F22#A78F22

#A78F22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.124 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78F22
RGB	rgb(167, 143, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -2.24, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 56.74, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% -0.0126 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.124 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0490, 27.9774, 5.5412)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78F22 #223AA7

analogous

#A74D22 #A78F22 #7DA722

triadic

#A78F22 #22A78F #8F22A7

tetradic

#A78F22 #22A74D #223AA7 #A7227D

square

#A78F22 #22A74D #223AA7 #A7227D

split-complementary

#A78F22 #227DA7 #4D22A7

monochromatic

#41380D #746318 #A78F22 #D5B731 #DFC964

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A78F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#A78F22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78F22

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78F22	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5932A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 143, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.124 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5af67',
    500: '#a78f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78f22;
$custom-light: #c5af67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65333,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78F22

secondary

#6072C5

accent

#5DE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78F22

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

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