#A79225#A79225

#A79225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.124 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79225
RGB	rgb(167, 146, 37)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 77.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -3.76, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 56.55, 93.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66% -0.0166 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.124 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5505, 28.9082, 5.9313)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79225 #253AA7

analogous

#A75125 #A79225 #7BA725

triadic

#A79225 #25A792 #9225A7

tetradic

#A79225 #25A751 #253AA7 #A7257B

square

#A79225 #25A751 #253AA7 #A7257B

split-complementary

#A79225 #257BA7 #5125A7

monochromatic

#433A0F #75661A #A79225 #D3B937 #DECB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#A79225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#A79225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79225

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79225	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)

#A18E0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 146, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.124 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b169',
    500: '#a79225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79225;
$custom-light: #c5b169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.308,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65997,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79225

secondary

#6474C4

accent

#5CE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79225

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

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