#A79440#A79440

#A79440 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.106 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79440
RGB	rgb(167, 148, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 61.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, -3.34, 45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 46.06, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.0123 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.106 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4528, 29.7667, 9.1490)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79440 #4053A7

analogous

#A76040 #A79440 #86A740

triadic

#A79440 #40A794 #9440A7

tetradic

#A79440 #40A760 #4053A7 #A74086

square

#A79440 #40A760 #4053A7 #A74086

split-complementary

#A79440 #4086A7 #6040A7

monochromatic

#4F461E #7B6D2F #A79440 #C3B162 #D4C78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A79440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#A79440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79440

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79440	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 148, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.106 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b378',
    500: '#a79440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79440;
$custom-light: #c4b378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.932,
    "s": 44.589,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66658,
    "c": 0.10643,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79440

secondary

#848FBF

accent

#6BD454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79440

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

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