#A79936#A79936

#A79936 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.119 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79936
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 67.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -6.69, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 52.23, 97.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.64% -0.0231 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(67.64% 0.119 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9946, 31.2655, 8.0496)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79936 #3644A7

analogous

#A76036 #A79936 #7CA736

triadic

#A79936 #36A799 #9936A7

tetradic

#A79936 #36A760 #3644A7 #A7367C

square

#A79936 #36A760 #3644A7 #A7367C

split-complementary

#A79936 #367CA7 #6036A7

monochromatic

#4B4418 #796F27 #A79936 #C7B953 #D6CC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A79936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A79936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79936

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79936	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.119 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b672',
    500: '#a79936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79936;
$custom-light: #c4b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.566,
    "s": 51.131,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67643,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79936

secondary

#7982C0

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79936

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

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