#A79228#A79228

#A79228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.123 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79228
RGB	rgb(167, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 76%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, -3.63, 55.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 55.49, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% -0.0159 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.123 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5996, 28.9278, 6.1896)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79228 #283DA7

analogous

#A75228 #A79228 #7CA728

triadic

#A79228 #28A792 #9228A7

tetradic

#A79228 #28A752 #283DA7 #A7287C

square

#A79228 #28A752 #283DA7 #A7287C

split-complementary

#A79228 #287CA7 #5228A7

monochromatic

#443C10 #76671C #A79228 #D0B83C #DCCA6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#A79228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#A79228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79228

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79228	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.123 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b16a',
    500: '#a79228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79228;
$custom-light: #c5b16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 61.353,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66016,
    "c": 0.12261,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79228

secondary

#6877C3

accent

#5EE443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79228

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

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