#A79836#A79836

#A79836 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79836
RGB	rgb(167, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 67.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, -6.15, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 51.89, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.0215 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8316, 30.9395, 7.9952)
Luminance	0.3094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79836 #3645A7

analogous

#A75F36 #A79836 #7DA736

triadic

#A79836 #36A798 #9836A7

tetradic

#A79836 #36A75F #3645A7 #A7367D

square

#A79836 #36A75F #3645A7 #A7367D

split-complementary

#A79836 #367DA7 #5F36A7

monochromatic

#4B4418 #796E27 #A79836 #C7B853 #D6CB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A79836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#A79836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79836

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79836	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b672',
    500: '#a79836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79836;
$custom-light: #c4b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.035,
    "s": 51.131,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67426,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79836

secondary

#7982C0

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79836

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

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