#A78F26#A78F26
#A78F26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.122 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A78F26 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(167, 143, 38) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 63%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 77%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 77.2%, 34.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.89, -2.08, 55.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(59.89, 55.36, 92.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.36% -0.0117 0.1211) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.36% 0.122 95.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.1101, 28.0018, 5.8630) |
| Luminance | 0.2800 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 2.42
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 2.46
Dark Mustard
#A88905
ΔE00 3.06
Yellowy Brown
#AE8B0C
ΔE00 3.58
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 3.86
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.96
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A78F26 #263EA7
analogous
#A74E26 #A78F26 #7FA726
triadic
#A78F26 #26A78F #8F26A7
tetradic
#A78F26 #26A74E #263EA7 #A7267F
square
#A78F26 #26A74E #263EA7 #A7267F
split-complementary
#A78F26 #267FA7 #4E26A7
monochromatic
#433A0F #75641B #A78F26 #D2B538 #DDC86A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.18
#A78F26 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.60
#A78F26 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A78F26
6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A78F26 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A78F26 | 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)
#9E8C11
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5932D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B5837B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#909090
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a78f26; /* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 143, 38); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.122 95.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5af69',
500: '#a78f26',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a78f26; $custom-light: #c5af69; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a78f26",
"rgb": {
"r": 167,
"g": 143,
"b": 38
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.837,
"s": 62.927,
"l": 40.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65357,
"c": 0.12162,
"h": 95.5
},
"luminance": 0.28
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A78F26
secondary
#6577C3
accent
#60E642
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F9F4EB
border
#D2CEC6
text
#131007
muted
#827F7A