#A79842#A79842

#A79842 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.108 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79842
RGB	rgb(167, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 60.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, -5.36, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 46.54, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0178 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.108 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1490, 31.0665, 9.6669)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79842 #4251A7

analogous

#A76542 #A79842 #83A742

triadic

#A79842 #42A798 #9842A7

tetradic

#A79842 #42A765 #4251A7 #A74283

square

#A79842 #42A765 #4251A7 #A74283

split-complementary

#A79842 #4283A7 #6542A7

monochromatic

#4F481F #7B7031 #A79842 #C2B464 #D3C990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A79842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#A79842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79842

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79842	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.108 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b67a',
    500: '#a79842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79842;
$custom-light: #c4b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.089,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67545,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79842

secondary

#868FBE

accent

#67D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79842

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

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