#A79C4E#A79C4E

#A79C4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.100 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79C4E
RGB	rgb(167, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 53.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, -6.54, 41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 42.32, 98.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0198 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.1 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2009, 32.5435, 11.9496)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79C4E #4E59A7

analogous

#A76F4E #A79C4E #85A74E

triadic

#A79C4E #4EA79C #9C4EA7

tetradic

#A79C4E #4EA76F #4E59A7 #A74E85

square

#A79C4E #4EA76F #4E59A7 #A74E85

split-complementary

#A79C4E #4E85A7 #6F4EA7

monochromatic

#544E27 #7D753B #A79C4E #BEB574 #D2CB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A79C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A79C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79C4E

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79C4E	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.100 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b982',
    500: '#a79c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79c4e;
$custom-light: #c3b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.584,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68559,
    "c": 0.10046,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79C4E

secondary

#9298BE

accent

#69CC5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79C4E

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

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