#A79020#A79020

#A79020 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.125 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79020
RGB	rgb(167, 144, 32)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 80.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, -2.86, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 57.65, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.0145 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.125 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1717, 28.2677, 5.4439)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79020 #2037A7

analogous

#A74D20 #A79020 #7BA720

triadic

#A79020 #20A790 #9020A7

tetradic

#A79020 #20A74D #2037A7 #A7207B

square

#A79020 #20A74D #2037A7 #A7207B

split-complementary

#A79020 #207BA7 #4D20A7

monochromatic

#40370C #746416 #A79020 #D7BA2D #E1CB61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#A79020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#A79020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79020

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79020	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 144, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.125 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b066',
    500: '#a79020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79020;
$custom-light: #c5b066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 67.839,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65536,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79020

secondary

#5D6FC5

accent

#5BEB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79020

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

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