#A79537#A79537

#A79537 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.115 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79537
RGB	rgb(167, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, -4.47, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 50.44, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% -0.0166 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.115 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3746, 29.9875, 7.9599)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79537 #3749A7

analogous

#A75D37 #A79537 #81A737

triadic

#A79537 #37A795 #9537A7

tetradic

#A79537 #37A75D #3749A7 #A73781

square

#A79537 #37A75D #3749A7 #A73781

split-complementary

#A79537 #3781A7 #5D37A7

monochromatic

#4B4319 #796C28 #A79537 #C7B454 #D6C982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#A79537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#A79537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79537

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79537	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.115 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b373',
    500: '#a79537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79537;
$custom-light: #c4b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66783,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79537

secondary

#7A85C0

accent

#64DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79537

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

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