#A79237#A79237

#A79237 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.112 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79237
RGB	rgb(167, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, -2.84, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 49.46, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% -0.012 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.112 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9061, 29.0504, 7.8038)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79237 #374CA7

analogous

#A75A37 #A79237 #84A737

triadic

#A79237 #37A792 #9237A7

tetradic

#A79237 #37A75A #374CA7 #A73784

square

#A79237 #37A75A #374CA7 #A73784

split-complementary

#A79237 #3784A7 #5A37A7

monochromatic

#4B4219 #796A28 #A79237 #C7B154 #D6C682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A79237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#A79237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79237

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79237	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)

#A08F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.112 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b172',
    500: '#a79237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79237;
$custom-light: #c4b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66136,
    "c": 0.11231,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79237

secondary

#7A87C0

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79237

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

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