#A79939#A79939

#A79939 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.117 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79939
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 65.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -6.50, 50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 50.95, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0222 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.117 101)
XYZ	xyz(28.0673, 31.2946, 8.4321)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79939 #3947A7

analogous

#A76239 #A79939 #7EA739

triadic

#A79939 #39A799 #9939A7

tetradic

#A79939 #39A762 #3947A7 #A7397E

square

#A79939 #39A762 #3947A7 #A7397E

split-complementary

#A79939 #397EA7 #6239A7

monochromatic

#4C451A #796F29 #A79939 #C6B857 #D5CB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A79939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A79939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79939

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79939	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.117 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b674',
    500: '#a79939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79939;
$custom-light: #c4b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 49.107,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67671,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.31293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79939

secondary

#7D85BF

accent

#61D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79939

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

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