#A79831#A79831

#A79831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.122 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79831
RGB	rgb(167, 152, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 70.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, -6.43, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 53.94, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.0229 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.122 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7202, 30.8950, 7.4083)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79831 #3140A7

analogous

#A75D31 #A79831 #7BA731

triadic

#A79831 #31A798 #9831A7

tetradic

#A79831 #31A75D #3140A7 #A7317B

square

#A79831 #31A75D #3140A7 #A7317B

split-complementary

#A79831 #317BA7 #5D31A7

monochromatic

#484215 #786D23 #A79831 #CABA4B #D8CC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A79831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#A79831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79831

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79831	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 152, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.122 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b670',
    500: '#a79831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79831;
$custom-light: #c4b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 54.63,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67384,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79831

secondary

#737DC1

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79831

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

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