#A79837#A79837

#A79837 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.117 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79837
RGB	rgb(167, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, -6.09, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 51.46, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.0212 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.117 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8554, 30.9490, 8.1202)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79837 #3746A7

analogous

#A76037 #A79837 #7EA737

triadic

#A79837 #37A798 #9837A7

tetradic

#A79837 #37A760 #3746A7 #A7377E

square

#A79837 #37A760 #3746A7 #A7377E

split-complementary

#A79837 #377EA7 #6037A7

monochromatic

#4B4419 #796E28 #A79837 #C7B754 #D6CB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A79837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#A79837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79837

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79837	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)

#A6942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.117 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b673',
    500: '#a79837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79837;
$custom-light: #c4b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.964,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67434,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79837

secondary

#7A84C0

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79837

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

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