#A79138#A79138

#A79138 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.111 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79138
RGB	rgb(167, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -2.24, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 48.71, 92.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0101 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.111 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7768, 28.7532, 7.8801)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79138 #384EA7

analogous

#A75938 #A79138 #85A738

triadic

#A79138 #38A791 #9138A7

tetradic

#A79138 #38A759 #384EA7 #A73885

square

#A79138 #38A759 #384EA7 #A73885

split-complementary

#A79138 #3885A7 #5938A7

monochromatic

#4B4119 #796929 #A79138 #C6B056 #D6C584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#A79138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#A79138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79138

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79138	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.111 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b073',
    500: '#a79138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79138;
$custom-light: #c4b073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.108,
    "s": 49.776,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65931,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79138

secondary

#7B89BF

accent

#6AD94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79138

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

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