#A79953#A79953

#A79953 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.092 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79953
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 50.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -4.47, 38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 38.64, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0133 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.092 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8898, 31.6236, 12.7641)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79953 #5361A7

analogous

#A76F53 #A79953 #8BA753

triadic

#A79953 #53A799 #9953A7

tetradic

#A79953 #53A76F #5361A7 #A7538B

square

#A79953 #53A76F #5361A7 #A7538B

split-complementary

#A79953 #538BA7 #6F53A7

monochromatic

#554E2A #7E743F #A79953 #BDB27A #D1CAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A79953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A79953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79953

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79953	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5964D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.092 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b685',
    500: '#a79953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79953;
$custom-light: #c3b685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 33.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67977,
    "c": 0.09238,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79953

secondary

#979EBF

accent

#70CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79953

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

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