#A79D79#A79D79

#A79D79 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.051 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79D79
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 21%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 28%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 27.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -2.17, 20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 20.31, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0039 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.051 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4447, 33.7106, 22.9358)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79D79 #7983A7

analogous

#A78679 #A79D79 #9AA779

triadic

#A79D79 #79A79D #9D79A7

tetradic

#A79D79 #79A786 #7983A7 #A7799A

square

#A79D79 #79A786 #7983A7 #A7799A

split-complementary

#A79D79 #799AA7 #8679A7

monochromatic

#645C42 #897F5A #A79D79 #BFB89E #D8D3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A79D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A79D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79D79

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79D79	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59B77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.051 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b9a0',
    500: '#a79d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79d79;
$custom-light: #c1b9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 20.721,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69523,
    "c": 0.05125,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79D79

secondary

#B4B9C7

accent

#7DBD6B

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79D79

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

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