#A79740#A79740

#A79740 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.109 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79740
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 61.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, -4.96, 46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 47.11, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0169 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.109 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9295, 30.7201, 9.3079)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79740 #4050A7

analogous

#A76440 #A79740 #83A740

triadic

#A79740 #40A797 #9740A7

tetradic

#A79740 #40A764 #4050A7 #A74083

square

#A79740 #40A764 #4050A7 #A74083

split-complementary

#A79740 #4083A7 #6440A7

monochromatic

#4F471E #7B6F2F #A79740 #C3B462 #D4C98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A79740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#A79740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79740

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79740	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.109 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b578',
    500: '#a79740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79740;
$custom-light: #c4b578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.68,
    "s": 44.589,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67306,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79740

secondary

#848DBF

accent

#68D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79740

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

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