#A78F28#A78F28

#A78F28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.120 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78F28
RGB	rgb(167, 143, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 76%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, -2.00, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 54.64, 92.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% -0.0113 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.12 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1432, 28.0151, 6.0375)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78F28 #2840A7

analogous

#A74F28 #A78F28 #80A728

triadic

#A78F28 #28A78F #8F28A7

tetradic

#A78F28 #28A74F #2840A7 #A72880

square

#A78F28 #28A74F #2840A7 #A72880

split-complementary

#A78F28 #2880A7 #4F28A7

monochromatic

#443A10 #76651C #A78F28 #D0B43C #DCC76D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A78F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#A78F28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78F28

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78F28	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)

#9E8C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 143, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.120 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5af6a',
    500: '#a78f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78f28;
$custom-light: #c5af6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 61.353,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6537,
    "c": 0.12046,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78F28

secondary

#6879C3

accent

#62E443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78F28

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

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