#A79642#A79642

#A79642 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.106 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79642
RGB	rgb(167, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 60.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -4.27, 45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 45.82, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.0147 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.106 98)
XYZ	xyz(27.8272, 30.4228, 9.5596)
Luminance	0.3042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79642 #4253A7

analogous

#A76342 #A79642 #85A742

triadic

#A79642 #42A796 #9642A7

tetradic

#A79642 #42A763 #4253A7 #A74285

square

#A79642 #42A763 #4253A7 #A74285

split-complementary

#A79642 #4285A7 #6342A7

monochromatic

#4F471F #7B6F31 #A79642 #C2B264 #D3C890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A79642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#A79642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79642

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79642	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.106 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b47a',
    500: '#a79642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79642;
$custom-light: #c4b47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.901,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67112,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.30422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79642

secondary

#8690BE

accent

#6AD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79642

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

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