#A78F37#A78F37

#A78F37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.110 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78F37
RGB	rgb(167, 143, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, -1.21, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 48.54, 91.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.0073 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.11 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4497, 28.1377, 7.6516)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78F37 #374FA7

analogous

#A75737 #A78F37 #87A737

triadic

#A78F37 #37A78F #8F37A7

tetradic

#A78F37 #37A757 #374FA7 #A73787

square

#A78F37 #37A757 #374FA7 #A73787

split-complementary

#A78F37 #3787A7 #5737A7

monochromatic

#4B4019 #796828 #A78F37 #C7AE54 #D6C482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A78F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#A78F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78F37

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78F37	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 143, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.110 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4af72',
    500: '#a78f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78f37;
$custom-light: #c4af72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65493,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78F37

secondary

#7A89C0

accent

#6CDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78F37

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

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