#A79121#A79121

#A79121 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.126 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79121
RGB	rgb(167, 145, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -3.37, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 57.60, 93.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0159 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.126 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3377, 28.5775, 5.5673)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79121 #2137A7

analogous

#A74E21 #A79121 #7AA721

triadic

#A79121 #21A791 #9121A7

tetradic

#A79121 #21A74E #2137A7 #A7217A

square

#A79121 #21A74E #2137A7 #A7217A

split-complementary

#A79121 #217AA7 #4E21A7

monochromatic

#41380D #746517 #A79121 #D6BB2F #E0CB62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#A79121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#A79121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79121

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79121	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 145, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.126 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b067',
    500: '#a79121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79121;
$custom-light: #c5b067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65757,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79121

secondary

#5F70C5

accent

#5AEA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79121

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

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