#A79738#A79738

#A79738 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.116 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79738
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, -5.49, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 50.69, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% -0.0194 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.116 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7180, 30.6355, 8.1938)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79738 #3848A7

analogous

#A75F38 #A79738 #7FA738

triadic

#A79738 #38A797 #9738A7

tetradic

#A79738 #38A75F #3848A7 #A7387F

square

#A79738 #38A75F #3848A7 #A7387F

split-complementary

#A79738 #387FA7 #5F38A7

monochromatic

#4B4419 #796E29 #A79738 #C6B656 #D6CA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A79738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#A79738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79738

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79738	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)

#A5932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.116 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b573',
    500: '#a79738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79738;
$custom-light: #c4b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 49.776,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67226,
    "c": 0.1156,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79738

secondary

#7B85BF

accent

#63D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79738

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

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