#A79236#A79236

#A79236 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.113 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79236
RGB	rgb(167, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 67.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, -2.91, 49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 49.90, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% -0.0123 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.113 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8824, 29.0410, 7.6788)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79236 #364BA7

analogous

#A75A36 #A79236 #83A736

triadic

#A79236 #36A792 #9236A7

tetradic

#A79236 #36A75A #364BA7 #A73683

square

#A79236 #36A75A #364BA7 #A73683

split-complementary

#A79236 #3683A7 #5A36A7

monochromatic

#4B4118 #796A27 #A79236 #C7B253 #D6C681

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A79236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#A79236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79236

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79236	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.113 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b172',
    500: '#a79236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79236;
$custom-light: #c4b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 51.131,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66127,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79236

secondary

#7986C0

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79236

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

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