#A79A49#A79A49

#A79A49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.103 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79A49
RGB	rgb(167, 154, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 56.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, -5.89, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 43.97, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.0185 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.103 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6955, 31.8088, 10.9302)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79A49 #4956A7

analogous

#A76B49 #A79A49 #85A749

triadic

#A79A49 #49A79A #9A49A7

tetradic

#A79A49 #49A76B #4956A7 #A74985

square

#A79A49 #49A76B #4956A7 #A74985

split-complementary

#A79A49 #4985A7 #6B49A7

monochromatic

#524B24 #7C7336 #A79A49 #BFB46E #D2CA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A79A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#A79A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79A49

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79A49	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 154, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.103 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b77e',
    500: '#a79a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79a49;
$custom-light: #c3b77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.702,
    "s": 39.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68061,
    "c": 0.10344,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79A49

secondary

#8D94BE

accent

#69CF59

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79A49

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

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