#A79224#A79224

#A79224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.125 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79224
RGB	rgb(167, 146, 36)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -3.80, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 56.89, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% -0.0168 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.125 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5351, 28.9020, 5.8497)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79224 #2439A7

analogous

#A75124 #A79224 #7AA724

triadic

#A79224 #24A792 #9224A7

tetradic

#A79224 #24A751 #2439A7 #A7247A

square

#A79224 #24A751 #2439A7 #A7247A

split-complementary

#A79224 #247AA7 #5124A7

monochromatic

#423A0E #756619 #A79224 #D3BA35 #DECB67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#A79224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#A79224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79224

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79224	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)

#A18E0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 146, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.125 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b168',
    500: '#a79224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79224;
$custom-light: #c5b168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65991,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79224

secondary

#6372C4

accent

#5BE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79224

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

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