#A79B59#A79B59

#A79B59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.088 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79B59
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 46.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -4.96, 36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 36.38, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0141 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.088 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4616, 32.3804, 14.1474)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79B59 #5965A7

analogous

#A77459 #A79B59 #8CA759

triadic

#A79B59 #59A79B #9B59A7

tetradic

#A79B59 #59A774 #5965A7 #A7598C

square

#A79B59 #59A774 #5965A7 #A7598C

split-complementary

#A79B59 #598CA7 #7459A7

monochromatic

#57512E #7F7643 #A79B59 #BCB381 #D1CBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A79B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#A79B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79B59

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79B59	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.088 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b889',
    500: '#a79b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79b59;
$custom-light: #c3b889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 30.709,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68499,
    "c": 0.08783,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79B59

secondary

#9CA2BF

accent

#71C761

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79B59

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

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