#A79037#A79037

#A79037 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.111 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79037
RGB	rgb(167, 144, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -1.75, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 48.84, 92.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% -0.0088 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.111 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6005, 28.4392, 7.7019)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79037 #374EA7

analogous

#A75837 #A79037 #86A737

triadic

#A79037 #37A790 #9037A7

tetradic

#A79037 #37A758 #374EA7 #A73786

square

#A79037 #37A758 #374EA7 #A73786

split-complementary

#A79037 #3786A7 #5837A7

monochromatic

#4B4119 #796828 #A79037 #C7AF54 #D6C582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#A79037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#A79037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79037

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79037	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 144, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.111 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b072',
    500: '#a79037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79037;
$custom-light: #c4b072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.679,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65707,
    "c": 0.1108,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79037

secondary

#7A88C0

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79037

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

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