#A79B4E#A79B4E

#A79B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.099 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79B4E
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 53.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, -6.00, 41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 41.92, 98.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.0183 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.099 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0338, 32.2093, 11.8939)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79B4E #4E5AA7

analogous

#A76E4E #A79B4E #86A74E

triadic

#A79B4E #4EA79B #9B4EA7

tetradic

#A79B4E #4EA76E #4E5AA7 #A74E86

square

#A79B4E #4EA76E #4E5AA7 #A74E86

split-complementary

#A79B4E #4E86A7 #6E4EA7

monochromatic

#544E27 #7D743B #A79B4E #BEB474 #D2CB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A79B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#A79B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79B4E

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79B4E	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.099 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b882',
    500: '#a79b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79b4e;
$custom-light: #c3b882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.91,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68342,
    "c": 0.09947,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79B4E

secondary

#9298BE

accent

#6BCC5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79B4E

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

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