#A79937#A79937

#A79937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.118 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79937
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -6.63, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 51.81, 97.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.0228 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.118 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0184, 31.2750, 8.1745)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79937 #3745A7

analogous

#A76137 #A79937 #7DA737

triadic

#A79937 #37A799 #9937A7

tetradic

#A79937 #37A761 #3745A7 #A7377D

square

#A79937 #37A761 #3745A7 #A7377D

split-complementary

#A79937 #377DA7 #6137A7

monochromatic

#4B4519 #796F28 #A79937 #C7B954 #D6CC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A79937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A79937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79937

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79937	1.00	2.89	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.89	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)

#A7952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.118 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b673',
    500: '#a79937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79937;
$custom-light: #c4b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67652,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79937

secondary

#7A83C0

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79937

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

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