#A79B37#A79B37

#A79B37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.120 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79B37
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -7.70, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 52.52, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0258 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.12 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3484, 31.9352, 8.2845)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79B37 #3743A7

analogous

#A76337 #A79B37 #7BA737

triadic

#A79B37 #37A79B #9B37A7

tetradic

#A79B37 #37A763 #3743A7 #A7377B

square

#A79B37 #37A763 #3743A7 #A7377B

split-complementary

#A79B37 #377BA7 #6337A7

monochromatic

#4B4619 #797028 #A79B37 #C7BB54 #D6CD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A79B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#A79B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79B37

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79B37	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.120 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b873',
    500: '#a79b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79b37;
$custom-light: #c4b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68089,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79B37

secondary

#7A82C0

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79B37

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

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