#A79A4E#A79A4E

#A79A4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.099 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79A4E
RGB	rgb(167, 154, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 53.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -5.46, 41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 41.53, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0167 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.099 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8680, 31.8778, 11.8387)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79A4E #4E5BA7

analogous

#A76D4E #A79A4E #87A74E

triadic

#A79A4E #4EA79A #9A4EA7

tetradic

#A79A4E #4EA76D #4E5BA7 #A74E87

square

#A79A4E #4EA76D #4E5BA7 #A74E87

split-complementary

#A79A4E #4E87A7 #6D4EA7

monochromatic

#544D27 #7D743B #A79A4E #BEB374 #D2CA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A79A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#A79A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79A4E

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79A4E	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 154, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.099 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b782',
    500: '#a79a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79a4e;
$custom-light: #c3b782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.236,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68125,
    "c": 0.09851,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79A4E

secondary

#9299BE

accent

#6CCC5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79A4E

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

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