#A79742#A79742

#A79742 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.107 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79742
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 60.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -4.82, 45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 46.18, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.0163 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.107 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9874, 30.7433, 9.6130)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79742 #4252A7

analogous

#A76442 #A79742 #84A742

triadic

#A79742 #42A797 #9742A7

tetradic

#A79742 #42A764 #4252A7 #A74284

square

#A79742 #42A764 #4252A7 #A74284

split-complementary

#A79742 #4284A7 #6442A7

monochromatic

#4F481F #7B6F31 #A79742 #C2B364 #D3C990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A79742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#A79742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79742

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79742	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.107 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b57a',
    500: '#a79742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79742;
$custom-light: #c4b57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.495,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67328,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79742

secondary

#868FBE

accent

#69D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79742

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

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