#A79D3A#A79D3A
#A79D3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.119 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A79D3A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(167, 157, 58) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 48%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 65%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6%, 65.3%, 34.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.87, -8.58, 51.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.87, 51.98, 99.50°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.55% -0.028 0.1162) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.55% 0.119 103.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.7582, 32.6360, 8.7867) |
| Luminance | 0.3263 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.95
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.41
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.04
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 6.11
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 6.25
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A79D3A #3A44A7
analogous
#A7673A #A79D3A #7BA73A
triadic
#A79D3A #3AA79D #9D3AA7
tetradic
#A79D3A #3AA767 #3A44A7 #A73A7B
square
#A79D3A #3AA767 #3A44A7 #A73A7B
split-complementary
#A79D3A #3A7BA7 #673AA7
monochromatic
#4C481A #7A722A #A79D3A #C5BB59 #D5CE86
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.79
#A79D3A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.53
#A79D3A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A79D3A
7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A79D3A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A79D3A | 1.00 | 2.79 | 7.53 | 7.53 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.79 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AB982E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AE9D40
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B39388
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a79d3a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 58); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.119 103.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c4b975',
500: '#a79d3a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a79d3a; $custom-light: #c4b975; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a79d3a",
"rgb": {
"r": 167,
"g": 157,
"b": 58
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.495,
"s": 48.444,
"l": 44.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68555,
"c": 0.11947,
"h": 103.5
},
"luminance": 0.32635
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A79D3A
secondary
#7E84BF
accent
#5CD850
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131109
muted
#82807B