#A79023#A79023

#A79023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.124 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79023
RGB	rgb(167, 144, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, -2.75, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 56.67, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% -0.0139 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.124 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2144, 28.2848, 5.6685)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79023 #233AA7

analogous

#A74E23 #A79023 #7CA723

triadic

#A79023 #23A790 #9023A7

tetradic

#A79023 #23A74E #233AA7 #A7237C

square

#A79023 #23A74E #233AA7 #A7237C

split-complementary

#A79023 #237CA7 #4E23A7

monochromatic

#42390E #746418 #A79023 #D4B833 #DFCA66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A79023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#A79023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79023

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79023	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 144, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.124 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b068',
    500: '#a79023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79023;
$custom-light: #c5b068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65553,
    "c": 0.12396,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79023

secondary

#6173C4

accent

#5DE83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79023

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

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