#A79123#A79123

#A79123 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.125 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79123
RGB	rgb(167, 145, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -3.29, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 56.95, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0155 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.125 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3665, 28.5891, 5.7192)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79123 #2339A7

analogous

#A74F23 #A79123 #7BA723

triadic

#A79123 #23A791 #9123A7

tetradic

#A79123 #23A74F #2339A7 #A7237B

square

#A79123 #23A74F #2339A7 #A7237B

split-complementary

#A79123 #237BA7 #4F23A7

monochromatic

#42390E #746518 #A79123 #D4B933 #DFCB66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#A79123 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#A79123 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79123

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79123	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79123	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)

#A08E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79123;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 145, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.125 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b068',
    500: '#a79123',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79123;
$custom-light: #c5b068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79123",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65769,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79123

secondary

#6172C4

accent

#5CE83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79123

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

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