#A79737#A79737

#A79737 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.116 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79737
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -5.55, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 51.12, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0197 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.116 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6937, 30.6258, 8.0663)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79737 #3747A7

analogous

#A75F37 #A79737 #7FA737

triadic

#A79737 #37A797 #9737A7

tetradic

#A79737 #37A75F #3747A7 #A7377F

square

#A79737 #37A75F #3747A7 #A7377F

split-complementary

#A79737 #377FA7 #5F37A7

monochromatic

#4B4419 #796D28 #A79737 #C7B654 #D6CA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A79737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#A79737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79737

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79737	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.116 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b573',
    500: '#a79737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79737;
$custom-light: #c4b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67217,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79737

secondary

#7A84C0

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79737

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

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