#A79D4E#A79D4E

#A79D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.101 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79D4E
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 53.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -7.07, 42.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 42.73, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0213 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.101 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3694, 32.8805, 12.0058)
Luminance	0.3288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79D4E #4E58A7

analogous

#A7704E #A79D4E #85A74E

triadic

#A79D4E #4EA79D #9D4EA7

tetradic

#A79D4E #4EA770 #4E58A7 #A74E85

square

#A79D4E #4EA770 #4E58A7 #A74E85

split-complementary

#A79D4E #4E85A7 #704EA7

monochromatic

#544F27 #7D763B #A79D4E #BEB674 #D2CC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A79D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#A79D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79D4E

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79D4E	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.101 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b982',
    500: '#a79d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79d4e;
$custom-light: #c3b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.258,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68777,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79D4E

secondary

#9297BE

accent

#68CC5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79D4E

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

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