#A79839#A79839

#A79839 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.116 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79839
RGB	rgb(167, 152, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 65.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, -5.97, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 50.60, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% -0.0207 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.116 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9043, 30.9686, 8.3778)
Luminance	0.3097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79839 #3948A7

analogous

#A76139 #A79839 #7FA739

triadic

#A79839 #39A798 #9839A7

tetradic

#A79839 #39A761 #3948A7 #A7397F

square

#A79839 #39A761 #3948A7 #A7397F

split-complementary

#A79839 #397FA7 #6139A7

monochromatic

#4C451A #796E29 #A79839 #C6B757 #D5CA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A79839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#A79839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79839

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79839	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)

#A6942D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 152, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.116 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b674',
    500: '#a79839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79839;
$custom-light: #c4b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 49.107,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67453,
    "c": 0.11568,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79839

secondary

#7D86BF

accent

#62D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79839

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

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