#A79A38#A79A38

#A79A38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.118 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79A38
RGB	rgb(167, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, -7.10, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 51.74, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.024 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.118 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2069, 31.6134, 8.3568)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79A38 #3845A7

analogous

#A76238 #A79A38 #7CA738

triadic

#A79A38 #38A79A #9A38A7

tetradic

#A79A38 #38A762 #3845A7 #A7387C

square

#A79A38 #38A762 #3845A7 #A7387C

split-complementary

#A79A38 #387CA7 #6238A7

monochromatic

#4B4519 #797029 #A79A38 #C6B956 #D6CC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A79A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A79A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79A38

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79A38	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)

#A8952B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.118 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b774',
    500: '#a79a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79a38;
$custom-light: #c4b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 49.776,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6788,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79A38

secondary

#7B83BF

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79A38

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

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