#A79342#A79342

#A79342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.104 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79342
RGB	rgb(167, 147, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 60.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, -2.65, 44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 44.78, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.01 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.104 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3546, 29.4776, 9.4021)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79342 #4256A7

analogous

#A76042 #A79342 #88A742

triadic

#A79342 #42A793 #9342A7

tetradic

#A79342 #42A760 #4256A7 #A74288

square

#A79342 #42A760 #4256A7 #A74288

split-complementary

#A79342 #4288A7 #6042A7

monochromatic

#4F461F #7B6C31 #A79342 #C2AF64 #D3C690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#A79342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#A79342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79342

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79342	1.00	3.05	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1903A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 147, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.104 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b279',
    500: '#a79342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79342;
$custom-light: #c4b279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.119,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66466,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79342

secondary

#8691BE

accent

#6ED355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5EE

border

#D1CFC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79342

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

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