#A79222#A79222

#A79222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.126 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79222
RGB	rgb(167, 146, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -3.87, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 57.56, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% -0.0172 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.126 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5054, 28.8902, 5.6933)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79222 #2237A7

analogous

#A74F22 #A79222 #7AA722

triadic

#A79222 #22A792 #9222A7

tetradic

#A79222 #22A74F #2237A7 #A7227A

square

#A79222 #22A74F #2237A7 #A7227A

split-complementary

#A79222 #227AA7 #4F22A7

monochromatic

#41390D #746618 #A79222 #D5BB31 #DFCC64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#A79222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#A79222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79222

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79222	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 146, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.126 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b167',
    500: '#a79222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79222;
$custom-light: #c5b167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65979,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79222

secondary

#6070C5

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79222

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

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