#A79739#A79739

#A79739 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.115 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79739
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 65.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, -5.43, 49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 50.25, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0191 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.115 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7427, 30.6454, 8.3239)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79739 #3949A7

analogous

#A76039 #A79739 #80A739

triadic

#A79739 #39A797 #9739A7

tetradic

#A79739 #39A760 #3949A7 #A73980

square

#A79739 #39A760 #3949A7 #A73980

split-complementary

#A79739 #3980A7 #6039A7

monochromatic

#4C441A #796E29 #A79739 #C6B657 #D5CA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A79739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#A79739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79739

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79739	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)

#A5932D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.115 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b574',
    500: '#a79739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79739;
$custom-light: #c4b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 49.107,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67236,
    "c": 0.11481,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79739

secondary

#7D86BF

accent

#63D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79739

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

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