#A79B39#A79B39

#A79B39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.118 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79B39
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 65.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -7.57, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 51.67, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0252 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.118 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3974, 31.9547, 8.5422)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79B39 #3945A7

analogous

#A76439 #A79B39 #7CA739

triadic

#A79B39 #39A79B #9B39A7

tetradic

#A79B39 #39A764 #3945A7 #A7397C

square

#A79B39 #39A764 #3945A7 #A7397C

split-complementary

#A79B39 #397CA7 #6439A7

monochromatic

#4C461A #797129 #A79B39 #C6BA57 #D5CD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A79B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#A79B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79B39

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79B39	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)

#A9962D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.118 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b874',
    500: '#a79b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79b39;
$custom-light: #c4b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 49.107,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68107,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79B39

secondary

#7D84BF

accent

#5ED94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79B39

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

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