#A79838#A79838

#A79838 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.116 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79838
RGB	rgb(167, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, -6.03, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 51.03, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.0209 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.116 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8796, 30.9587, 8.2477)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79838 #3847A7

analogous

#A76038 #A79838 #7EA738

triadic

#A79838 #38A798 #9838A7

tetradic

#A79838 #38A760 #3847A7 #A7387E

square

#A79838 #38A760 #3847A7 #A7387E

split-complementary

#A79838 #387EA7 #6038A7

monochromatic

#4B4519 #796E29 #A79838 #C6B756 #D6CB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A79838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#A79838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79838

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79838	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)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.116 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b674',
    500: '#a79838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79838;
$custom-light: #c4b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 49.776,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67444,
    "c": 0.11647,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79838

secondary

#7B85BF

accent

#61D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79838

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

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