#A79A37#A79A37

#A79A37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.119 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79A37
RGB	rgb(167, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -7.16, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 52.17, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.0243 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.119 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1827, 31.6037, 8.2293)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79A37 #3744A7

analogous

#A76237 #A79A37 #7CA737

triadic

#A79A37 #37A79A #9A37A7

tetradic

#A79A37 #37A762 #3744A7 #A7377C

square

#A79A37 #37A762 #3744A7 #A7377C

split-complementary

#A79A37 #377CA7 #6237A7

monochromatic

#4B4519 #797028 #A79A37 #C7BA54 #D6CC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A79A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A79A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79A37

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79A37	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)

#A8952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.119 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b773',
    500: '#a79a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79a37;
$custom-light: #c4b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.036,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67871,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79A37

secondary

#7A82C0

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79A37

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

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