#A79142#A79142

#A79142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.102 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79142
RGB	rgb(167, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 60.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, -1.55, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 44.12, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0069 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.102 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0463, 28.8610, 9.2993)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79142 #4258A7

analogous

#A75E42 #A79142 #8AA742

triadic

#A79142 #42A791 #9142A7

tetradic

#A79142 #42A75E #4258A7 #A7428A

square

#A79142 #42A75E #4258A7 #A7428A

split-complementary

#A79142 #428AA7 #5E42A7

monochromatic

#4F451F #7B6B31 #A79142 #C2AD64 #D3C590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#A79142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#A79142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79142

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79142	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.102 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b179',
    500: '#a79142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79142;
$custom-light: #c4b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.931,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66037,
    "c": 0.10227,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79142

secondary

#8693BE

accent

#70D355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79142

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

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