#A79B38#A79B38

#A79B38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.119 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79B38
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -7.64, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 52.10, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0255 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.119 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3727, 31.9449, 8.4121)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79B38 #3844A7

analogous

#A76338 #A79B38 #7BA738

triadic

#A79B38 #38A79B #9B38A7

tetradic

#A79B38 #38A763 #3844A7 #A7387B

square

#A79B38 #38A763 #3844A7 #A7387B

split-complementary

#A79B38 #387BA7 #6338A7

monochromatic

#4B4619 #797029 #A79B38 #C6BA56 #D6CD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A79B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#A79B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79B38

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79B38	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)

#A9962B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.119 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b874',
    500: '#a79b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79b38;
$custom-light: #c4b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 49.776,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68098,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79B38

secondary

#7B83BF

accent

#5ED94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79B38

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

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