#A79946#A79946

#A79946 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.105 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79946
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 58.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -5.59, 44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 45.03, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.018 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.105 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4341, 31.4413, 10.3642)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79946 #4654A7

analogous

#A76946 #A79946 #85A746

triadic

#A79946 #46A799 #9946A7

tetradic

#A79946 #46A769 #4654A7 #A74685

square

#A79946 #46A769 #4654A7 #A74685

split-complementary

#A79946 #4685A7 #6946A7

monochromatic

#514A22 #7C7134 #A79946 #C0B46A #D3CA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A79946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#A79946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79946

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79946	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6953E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.105 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b67c',
    500: '#a79946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79946;
$custom-light: #c3b67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.34,
    "s": 40.928,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67808,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79946

secondary

#8A92BE

accent

#69D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79946

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

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