#A79229#A79229

#A79229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.122 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79229
RGB	rgb(167, 146, 41)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 75.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, -3.59, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 55.12, 93.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% -0.0157 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.122 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6168, 28.9347, 6.2804)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79229 #293EA7

analogous

#A75329 #A79229 #7DA729

triadic

#A79229 #29A792 #9229A7

tetradic

#A79229 #29A753 #293EA7 #A7297D

square

#A79229 #29A753 #293EA7 #A7297D

split-complementary

#A79229 #297DA7 #5329A7

monochromatic

#453C11 #76671D #A79229 #D0B73E #DCC96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#A79229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#A79229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79229

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79229	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)

#A18E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 146, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.122 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b16b',
    500: '#a79229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79229;
$custom-light: #c5b16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 60.577,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66023,
    "c": 0.122,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79229

secondary

#6978C2

accent

#5FE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79229

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

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