#A79949#A79949

#A79949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.103 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79949
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 56.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, -5.35, 43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 43.59, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.017 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.103 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5312, 31.4801, 10.8754)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79949 #4957A7

analogous

#A76A49 #A79949 #86A749

triadic

#A79949 #49A799 #9949A7

tetradic

#A79949 #49A76A #4957A7 #A74986

square

#A79949 #49A76A #4957A7 #A74986

split-complementary

#A79949 #4986A7 #6A49A7

monochromatic

#524B24 #7C7236 #A79949 #BFB36E #D2C998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A79949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#A79949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79949

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79949	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.103 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b67e',
    500: '#a79949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79949;
$custom-light: #c3b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 39.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67844,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79949

secondary

#8D95BE

accent

#6ACF59

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79949

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

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