#A79942#A79942

#A79942 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.109 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79942
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 60.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -5.89, 46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 46.91, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0194 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.109 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3120, 31.3925, 9.7212)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79942 #4250A7

analogous

#A76642 #A79942 #82A742

triadic

#A79942 #42A799 #9942A7

tetradic

#A79942 #42A766 #4250A7 #A74282

square

#A79942 #42A766 #4250A7 #A74282

split-complementary

#A79942 #4282A7 #6642A7

monochromatic

#4F491F #7B7131 #A79942 #C2B564 #D3CA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A79942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#A79942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79942

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79942	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.109 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b67a',
    500: '#a79942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79942;
$custom-light: #c4b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.683,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67762,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79942

secondary

#868EBE

accent

#66D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79942

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

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