#A79021#A79021

#A79021 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	#A79021
RGB	rgb(167, 144, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, -2.82, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 57.33, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.0143 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.125 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1855, 28.2733, 5.5166)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79021 #2138A7

analogous

#A74D21 #A79021 #7BA721

triadic

#A79021 #21A790 #9021A7

tetradic

#A79021 #21A74D #2138A7 #A7217B

square

#A79021 #21A74D #2138A7 #A7217B

split-complementary

#A79021 #217BA7 #4D21A7

monochromatic

#41380D #746417 #A79021 #D6B92F #E0CA62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#A79021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#A79021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79021

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79021	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)

#A08D04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 144, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.125 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b067',
    500: '#a79021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79021;
$custom-light: #c5b067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65542,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79021

secondary

#5F70C5

accent

#5BEA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79021

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

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