Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind amber-900 #78350F

Tailwind CSS v3's amber-900 is #78350F. It is a dark soft brown in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.414, chroma 0.105 and hue 45.9°. The nearest CSS named color is saddlebrown (#8B4513), ΔE2000 6.1 away.

Relative luminance: 0.0657
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.414 · 0.105 · 45.9
Best text: White 9.07:1
Hue family: Brown

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#78350F color codes

HEX: #78350F
RGB: rgb(120, 53, 15)
HSL: hsl(22, 78%, 26%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.414 0.105 45.9)
OKLab: oklab(0.414 0.073 0.076)
CIELAB (D65): L* 30.82, a* 26.98, b* 35.71
XYZ (D65): X 9.11, Y 6.57, Z 1.24
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 56%, 88%, 53%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #78350F accessible?

White text on it reaches 9.07:1, passing AAA. Black text fails at 2.31:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

2.31:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +13
White text on it

9.07:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −94
As text on black

2.31:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −11
As text on white

9.07:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +90

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#78350F 9.07:1

It already reaches 9.07:1 on white, so no change is needed.
For text on black

#A9623F 4.50:1

Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.41 to 0.57 reaches 4.50:1 on black, keeping the hue.

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Studio

Adjust #78350F live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #78350F

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #78350F sits at step 800.

50#FFF2EC

White
1.09
Black
19.16
100#FFE5D9

White
1.20
Black
17.46
200#FFCAB2

White
1.46
Black
14.34
300#F3AA87

White
1.92
Black
10.91
400#D78D69

White
2.65
Black
7.90
500#BA714E

White
3.77
Black
5.55
600#A05937

White
5.27
Black
3.97
700#854321

White
7.44
Black
2.82
800This color#78350F

White
9.07
Black
2.31
900#471900

White
14.92
Black
1.40
950#2A0B00

White
18.31
Black
1.14

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 amber scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

50#FFFBEB
White
1.03
Black
20.25
100#FEF3C7
White
1.11
Black
18.85
200#FDE68A
White
1.24
Black
16.86
300#FCD34D
White
1.44
Black
14.56
400#FBBF24
White
1.66
Black
12.57
500#F59E0B
White
2.14
Black
9.77
600#D97706
White
3.18
Black
6.59
700#B45309
White
5.02
Black
4.18
800#92400E
White
7.09
Black
2.96
900This color#78350F

White
9.07
Black
2.31
950#451A03
White
14.97
Black
1.40

Gamut

How vivid #78350F can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.117; #78350F uses 90% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.132 there: 13% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.105
sRGB edge: 0.117
Display P3 edge: 0.132
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.133
Dominant wavelength: 594 nm
Excitation purity: 80%
Chromaticity: x 0.5381, y 0.3885

This color#78350F
Most vivid in sRGB#7C3100
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.414 0.132 45.9)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #78350f;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.4697 0.1929 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #78350F

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#BC9A87
OKLab50%#BD9785
OKLCH50%#BD9785

Black #000000

sRGB50%#3C1B08
OKLab50%#2A0E02
OKLCH50%#2A0E02

Its complement #00546C

sRGB50%#3C453E
OKLab50%#524A45
OKLCH50%#34561F

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #78350f, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #78350f 50%, white);

In use

#78350F in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:19.07:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:19.07:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:19.07:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:19.07:1 Passes

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:19.07:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.06:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:12.06:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.06:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #B36A47 4.52:1

Color vision

How #78350F looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 23.2; tritanopia changes it least, 14.9.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#483F09 ΔE2000 21.3

Distinct

Reads as dark muted brown
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#584E0D ΔE2000 22.2

Distinct

Reads as dark muted brown
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#84262E ΔE2000 14.9

Distinct

Reads as dark soft brown
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#494949 ΔE2000 23.2

Distinct

Reads as dark gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00546C. Their lightness contrast is only 1.07:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#78350F · #00546C	41.9	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#483F09 · #47526D	34.1	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#584E0D · #3A496C	38.5	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#84262E · #005B5C	45.8	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#494949 · #4D4D4D	1.4	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #78350F

Its complement is #00546C, a dark muted blue, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#78350F
Complement#00546C

Complementary

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−30°#7A2F37
Base#78350F
+30°#664400

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#78350F
+120°#005A40
+240°#484081

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#78350F
+150°#005758
+210°#204B83

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-amber-900: #78350f;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as amber-900;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        amber: { 900: '#78350f' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own amber-900; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-amber-900: oklch(0.414 0.105 45.9);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "amber-900": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.4706, 0.2078, 0.0588],
        "hex": "#78350f"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 amber-900"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let amber900 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.471, green: 0.208, blue: 0.059, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Amber900 = Color(0xFF78350F)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Tailwind amber-900 #78350F

#78350F color codes

Contrast: is #78350F accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #78350F live

Shades and tints of #78350F

Tailwind CSS v3 amber scale

How vivid #78350F can get

Mixing #78350F

#78350F in an interface

How #78350F looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #78350F

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

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