#A78F27#A78F27

#A78F27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.121 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78F27
RGB	rgb(167, 143, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 76.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, -2.04, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 55.00, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0115 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.121 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1264, 28.0083, 5.9491)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78F27 #273FA7

analogous

#A74F27 #A78F27 #7FA727

triadic

#A78F27 #27A78F #8F27A7

tetradic

#A78F27 #27A74F #273FA7 #A7277F

square

#A78F27 #27A74F #273FA7 #A7277F

split-complementary

#A78F27 #277FA7 #4F27A7

monochromatic

#443A10 #75651B #A78F27 #D1B53A #DDC76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A78F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#A78F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78F27

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78F27	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)

#9E8C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 143, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.121 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5af69',
    500: '#a78f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78f27;
$custom-light: #c5af69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65364,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78F27

secondary

#6778C3

accent

#61E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78F27

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

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