#A7B359#A7B359

#A7B359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.116 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7B359
RGB	rgb(167, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -17.53, 44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 47.47, 111.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.05 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.116 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8601, 41.1774, 15.6135)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7B359 #6559B3

analogous

#B39259 #A7B359 #7AB359

triadic

#A7B359 #59A7B3 #B359A7

tetradic

#A7B359 #59B392 #6559B3 #B3597A

square

#A7B359 #59B392 #6559B3 #B3597A

split-complementary

#A7B359 #597AB3 #9259B3

monochromatic

#5D642E #848E41 #A7B359 #BDC683 #D4D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A7B359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#A7B359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7B359

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7B359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7B359	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7b359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.116 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c98a',
    500: '#a7b359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7b359;
$custom-light: #c3c98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7b359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73787,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7B359

secondary

#A6A0C7

accent

#5BCD6A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7B359

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

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