#A79238#A79238

#A79238 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.112 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79238
RGB	rgb(167, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, -2.78, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 49.03, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% -0.0117 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.112 96)
XYZ	xyz(26.9303, 29.0601, 7.9313)
Luminance	0.2906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79238 #384DA7

analogous

#A75A38 #A79238 #84A738

triadic

#A79238 #38A792 #9238A7

tetradic

#A79238 #38A75A #384DA7 #A73884

square

#A79238 #38A75A #384DA7 #A73884

split-complementary

#A79238 #3884A7 #5A38A7

monochromatic

#4B4219 #796A29 #A79238 #C6B156 #D6C684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A79238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#A79238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79238

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79238	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)

#A08F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.112 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b173',
    500: '#a79238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79238;
$custom-light: #c4b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 49.776,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66146,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.29059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79238

secondary

#7B88BF

accent

#69D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79238

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

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